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Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: Senator Whelan says he has to pay €150 a year for the maintenance of his septic tank. That does not happen in urban Ireland.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: That is why Fianna Fáil are making the point that there should be a 100% grant. Householders received planning permission and installed septic tanks in accordance with the laws and regulations at the time, and now we are changing the laws and regulations. I do not disagree with the need to upgrade septic tanks because we are polluting our own water supply. The Senator made that point very...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: Kerry County Council is refusing planning permission in rural areas because the ground will not take the waste water.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: Yes.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: If planning permission is refused in one field and there is a house in the next field which has the same soil, that house will fail even the 2012 standard. If that house's septic tank was put in 30 years ago, it is going to fail the standard.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: This is the problem. As my colleagues have pointed out, we are being sold a pig in a poke. The Minister must decide the standards and we do not know what they are. His officials know but we do not. That is why we are asking for them to be published. I know the Minister is conducting a review, but the matter should be brought back to the House in order that we can debate it. Let us...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I do not know that Senator Mullins is doing in his part of the world.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I will finish on this point. It would be very interesting for the people of rural Ireland to know how much money we gave towards waste water treatment units throughout the country. Could a percentage of the hundreds of millions of euro spent on that not be spent on upgrading septic tanks? Those systems were funded from income tax, development levies and other taxes. People who are now...

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: What about the pre-election promises?

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: There were promises.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I am afraid the electorate are very interested in what was promised.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I was only in the Seanad. One can hardly say one is in government when one is in the Seanad.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: As the Members opposite are well aware.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: To me it is like a lifetime ago.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Éireann" and substitute the following: --noting that Ireland is a strong position to develop our renewable energy sector; --noting that in Government, Fianna Fáil prioritised investment in the green energy grid and implemented measures to improve energy efficiency across the economy; --noting that in government Fine Gael has failed...

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister. What is his opinion on the recent retirement of the chairman of the ESB and his sizable pension, an issue that is of concern to us all? The wages paid within the ESB account for the significant increases in electricity bills. I am sure the Minister is well aware of the figures for energy costs, but one in four people claim they cannot cope with the increases, 15%...

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: The motion clearly proposes that the Minister "consult with CER, EirGrid and ESB Networks as well as all stakeholders, on the potential for the development of privately owned grid solutions".

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I am aware of smart grids. To reiterate, the motion is very clear in its reference to "the potential for the development of privately owned grid solutions".

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: The motion was so lengthy it could not be read into the record of the House.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: It seems to me that the motion must have been written by some lobbyist or other.