Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail)

We are spending €400 million a year to upgrade urban sewerage systems. If the Minister is going ahead with this Bill, where is the financial incentive for people to upgrade their septic tanks? A grant of at least 85% should be given to anyone facing such costs, but that is not provided for in the legislation. The Bill is flawed and we will fight it at every turn on this side of the House. It is a tax too far on rural Ireland and the public will not stand for it. People in my constituency and others feel this is a blatant attack by a new Government on those with septic tanks.