Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 20 October 2020
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion
John Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I appreciate what he has said with regard to urban areas but I am concerned about rural areas. The population of a village and those who live on its outskirts may draw from the same body of water. When these abstractions are combined, they may exceed the threshold of 25 cu. m. Under the draft Bill, the onus is then on one of these people to register on behalf of all of them. Given what Mr. Ó Coigligh said earlier about avoiding an administrative burden, is the issue addressed under head 7 or will it need further consideration?
I do not think that in reality it would be an additional burden, but we can certainly look at it. Perhaps Ms Connolly has a view on the matter.
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