Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

Section 70(4) prohibits the disposal of waste water to drainage or sewerage systems which are designed solely to receive storm water. All modern drain and sewerage systems are designed on that basis. The purpose of the amendment is to avoid any problem with the enforcement of section 70(4) owing to difficulty in proving that a particular system was provided in the first instance solely for the reception of storm water, notwithstanding that it is currently used solely for that purpose. The prohibition will therefore now apply regarding pipes provided or used solely for the reception of storm water.