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Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: The lid might be stolen off it.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: I will explain it in plain English. The Senator's amendment states "at no additional cost". That is to presume that the Minister had it in his head to impose an additional cost. He did not have it in his head to impose an additional cost and therefore he cannot accept the Senator's amendment because he is presuming he is imposing an additional cost. Does the Senator understand that?

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: He always-----

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: On amendment No. 22, perhaps we could debate section 70M(1), which also pertains to fines.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: We will be making the same points in respect of the proposed section 70M(1)-----

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: With regard to the fines issue, when the Minister is drawing up the regulations, perhaps he might insert what I propose, in respect of class A fines. Senator O'Brien, I believe, asked whether a person in a holiday home who did not really receive notification would be fined. What could the Minister do on foot of non-delivery of notification, for example, such that one would not be prosecuted...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: How is he misleading the House?

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: I rise to give the frequency of de-sludging per square foot in a county I am not allowed to mention and the number of people-----

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: It can come in under the-----

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: -----next amendment in other regulations. I was going to give it but as we are not allowed mention Cavan, I will sit down.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: Who put them there?

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: They were already driven out.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: I did not get a chance to speak yet, so I will speak on all the amendments. The septic tanks are an important issue-----

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: There are seven amendments.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: They are grouped because they are specific and interrelated. They deal with the section on offences. I wish to discuss the precedent and making regulations in a Bill rather than after a Bill is passed. Precedent was set with the housing regulations, where regulations were made after the Bill was passed. There was also precedent with the planning regulations, where regulations were made...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: Precedent was also set in the environmental sector. I do not know what the Senators are talking about.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: This Bill is being dealt with in a way that is no different from the way Fianna Fáil put Bills through the House, and made regulations after the event.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: The Minister said yesterday the regulations will be placed before the Houses of the Oireachtas-----

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: Everybody is taking the septic tank issue seriously because it affects every household. Members on this side of the House want to get the legislation right as much as Opposition Members. We spent one and a half hours discussing one amendment. The actual issues-----

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: The actual issues that were discussed were repeated 98 times. I want the House to conduct an analysis. With computers one can carry out research on repetition. I ask the Cathaoirleach to do that.