Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)

It is environmentally unsustainable and probably economic madness to expect people who have septic tanks in relatively densely populated areas to deal with the problem themselves. A best practice environmental solution would be to connect those people to the public sewer. I have followed the deliberations on Committee Stage, as many other people have, and I believe the Minister has avoided responsibility for many of those issues in terms of standards and, crucially, in terms of foisting the burden onto householders. The Minister has not answered those points.

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