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

Mr. Feargal Ó Coigligh:

The two jurisdictions we most closely looked at were Northern Ireland and Scotland and it is absolutely the case that they have a lower threshold.

In regard to enforcement, the general scheme of the Bill sets out the penalties for non-compliance, which would be typical in this type of legislation. Head 27 provides for offences and penalties. If the Deputy has any additional ideas in that regard, we can certainly look at them.

Will the Deputy remind me of this third question?

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