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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Is the Minister objecting to me speaking in Irish? An féidir liom glacadhleis go bhfuil an t-Aire i gcoinne mé a bheith ag labhairt i nGaeilge i dTeach an Oireachtais?

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Tá lúcháir orm go bhfuil soiléiriú faighte air sin. Tá an Seanadóir Ó Clochartaigh ag éisteacht leis an soiléiriú sin chomh maith. Tá Gaeilge mhaith aige-sin agus ag go leor Seanadóirí anseo. Tá pleidhcíocht agus cluichí ag dul ar aghaidh anseo. Tá leasú fíor-thábhachtach molta agam féin agus ag mo chomhleacaithe ar an mBille seo i dtaca le Comhairle Contae an...

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Is ag comhairleoirí Fhine Gael a bhfuil na huimhreacha ar an gcomhairle sin. Cén fáth, mar sin, nach bhfuil na comhairleoirí céanna sin sásta an táille €200 a ísliú do €50? Cén neamart atá déanta de chomhairleorí contaethe Fhine Gael i gContae an Chábháin, mar sin.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Tá mé ag iarraidh é sin a mhíniú.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Bhí an treoir a tháinig ón chás a bhí ann idir an Choimisiún agus Éire an-soiléir go raibh an Cúirt ag rá nach raibh Éire ag cloí leis na rialacha faoi ailt 4 agus 8, ach go raibh Contae an Chabháin ag cloí leo. Bhí Contae an Chabháin ag cloí leis na treoirlínte a leagadh síos ag an Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, i 1996. Níl aon soiléiriú faighte ag an Teach nó...

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Cén fáth go bhfuil Contae an Chábháin le bheith clúdaithe faoin mBille seo má tá Coimisiún agus Cúirt na hEorpa sásta leis an obair atá acu i gContae an Chabháin? Cén fáth go mbéadh na treoirlínte úra de dhíth? I will now speak in English in order to explain the position to those who may not have understood what I said in Irish.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: What was said earlier in respect of Senator Wilson was very disingenuous. The Senator was trying to refer to the position in Cavan, the county in which he lives. The point he was making is critical in the context of the legislation. The Minister was being disingenuous in respect of those of us on this side of the House. We are not objecting to the legislation.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: We are objecting to the fees and the monitoring system that are being introduced and to the sweeping powers being given to inspectors. We also object to the powers the Minister is giving to himself in the context of signing regulations whenever he sees fit.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Of course we did-----

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: -----because we do not agree with the Bill in its current format.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: We do not agree with the Bill in its current format. What we might do is introduce our own legislation in the new year if the Minister's stealth tax agenda continues.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: We know why the Minister wants the Bill to be passed prior to the introduction of the budget.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: The Minister is concerned with collecting money next year.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: The point of the amendment is that Cavan County Council introduced the by-laws in 2004. Those who control that council at present are members of the Fine Gael Party.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Why have they not reduced the fee of €200?

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Perhaps the Minister might talk to some of his colleagues on Cavan County Council-----

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: -----and encourage them to consider reducing the fee from €200. That might be a worthwhile step to take, particularly if the Minister is so concerned about the fee which applies in Cavan being so high.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Perhaps the Minister should give consideration to my proposal. The point I am trying to make is central to the Bill, which relates to the monitoring of domestic wastewater treatment systems. Cavan has had a system in place in this regard since 2004 and the Commission's judgment recognises that fact. Why, then, would Cavan be requested to re-register? The fact that the Minister is including...

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: We need to know the criteria on which the Minister is basing the legislation. Senator O'Donovan also referred to this. We are like pigeons flying in and out through a window. We do not know the criteria.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: You are proposing to raise the amount to €250.