Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

It never ceases to amaze me how the members of the previous Government and their party colleagues, even the newly elected Deputies, can conveniently forget the commitments they made. It is only eight months since they were in Government. Page 24 of A Renewed Programme for Government agreed between Fianna Fáil and the Green Party - I believe Deputy McGrath was in Fianna Fáil at that time - states: "We will introduce a scheme for the licensing and inspection of septic tanks and wastewater treatment systems".

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