Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 4, between lines 46 and 47, to insert the following:

"(3) The prescribed date shall not be sooner than the making of regulations in relation to maintenance, servicing and operation of domestic waste water systems.".

When we discussed the issue of standards in the context of amendment No. 1, the Minister said a standard much lower than that provided for in the water framework directive or by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2009 would suffice in this case. I would not like to doubt the Minister.

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