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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: No, no, no.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Jesus, the hypocrisy.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I would invite any Government Senator to come to my public meetings and explain where they are coming from.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: It just will not wash.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: The point is that the Minister will be forced under Article 12 of the European Court judgment to impose compulsory desludging on householders paid for by the same householders. That is why he will not accept our amendment. That is a fact; the Senators should read the judgment.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I know there is agitation on the other side of the House and they do no want to face their own people.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: We will provide them with the relevant information we have.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: We will press this amendment because we feel it is wholly improper. The Minister signed a regulation recently that will confine massive parts of the country to wetland. Members of the Joint Committee on Communications, Natural Resources and Agriculture know what I am talking about. This regulation will give sweeping powers away again.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I have made my point.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Tá a fhios agam nach bhfuil an tAire Stáit, an Teachta McGinley, freagrach as an Bhille seo; níl mé ag cur an mhilleáin air. Tá mé ag iarraidh na himpleachtaí a ardú.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Yes.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Amendments Nos. 11 and 14 which were ruled out of order relate to the subsidised desludging, paid for by the Exchequer, that would be provided to every house in the country.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I am disappointed that they are ruled out of order but we have dealt with many of the issues.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I move amendment No. 15: In page 5, to delete lines 22 to 24 and substitute the following: "(5) A certificate of registration shall be valid for the lifetime of the property or not less than a period of 40 years from the date on which it was issued.". This amendment relates to the certificate of registration. The Bill provides that it shall be valid for a period of five years from the date...

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: We are proposing that the certificate of registration would be extended to the lifetime of the property, or for a period not less than 40 years. If a septic tank in a property is deemed to be working properly under the assessment process, if self-regulation was built in for the householder, and if what we are proposing on annual desludging was accepted by the Government and paid for by the...

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: It is about the certificate of registration.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I appreciate that. I have posed a few questions to the Minister. It is too definitive to have a five-year registration certificate when there are alternative solutions to it. We feel it should be extended to the period outlined, given that the desludging would address any anomalies that may occur within the period specified in our amendment.

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: The issue of de-sludging in Cavan and Northern Ireland was raised. It is the case that this is being carried out by private contractors who have waste collection permits and I have no issue with that. However, they are not the same people who are carrying out inspections. They carry out the de-sludging and I would have no difficulty were they to do the de-sludging here if the grant scheme...

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Based on the arguments made on this side of the House and what we have heard to date, I can see what the Minister is trying to achieve to a point on reregistration which might allow changing circumstances to be taken into account and so on. However, it will introduce major conveyancing and land transfer difficulties. Any solicitor carrying out proper due diligence will obviously look for...

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

Brian Ó Domhnaill: No. On the basis of what the Minister said we are willing to await the Government amendment on Report Stage.