Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We went into a lot of detail about the minutiae of the issue. If Deputy Wallace had attended the committee he would have learned much from the Deputies on his side of the House and on ours as to how to deal with these issues. We have agreed with the European Commission that we would inspect our waste water treatment systems on a risk-based approach. It is the responsibility of everyone to ensure the systems are satisfactory and are not contaminating their own or their neighbour's water supply. The Act provides for dealing with those who are not compliant.

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