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
Ms Emer Connolly:
If there is a drain on a particular body of water, the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, would be made aware of it. If a licence is required for that particular area, it would come to light that there is pressure on that particular body of water, in which case the licence would not be granted.