Colm Keaveney (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In respect of enforcement, I am aware of some unfinished estates with wastewater treatment that has collapsed.

There is significant ambiguity about the legal status and about who owns what. There are 70% complete estates which are on the most prestigious rivers in the world and have the potential to cause significant long-term damage to the product. Does Mr. Gorman envisage, in that legislation, being able to precipitate enforcement guidelines and procedures, for example, with regard to a local authority? Across a number of agencies, such as IFI, the National Parks and Wildlife Service and the Health and Safety Authority of Ireland, nobody seems to know which is the senior enforcement authority protecting the natural heritage and wildlife in the rivers and on their banks. There is a significant falling between stools in terms of where the community can go to address this with an authority and under specific guidelines.