Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

This amendment sets out to ensure this legislation will not be commenced until the regulations governing the maintenance, servicing and operation of domestic waste water services have been made. The Minister has given an undertaking that the regulations will not be made until they have been published, subjected to public consultation and brought to the Dáil and Seanad for discussion. We are trying to ensure the horse really does go before the cart. We will need to know the full facts of the regulations and to have them debated. We will need to have a chance to ensure the regulations being introduced by the Minister comply with EU law and cannot be challenged in the European court.

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