Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein)

It relates to one of the amendments we put forward which were ruled out of order. The Bill as it stands refers to domestic wastewater systems. I ask the Minister to clarify the information that will be gathered on these registration forms. What is classified as a domestic wastewater system? The definition being used in the Bill might be a tad loose. The debate in the media and in the public arena has been about septic tanks and people have possibly jumped to the conclusion that we are talking about a house connected to a septic tank in a rural area. The Bill actually refers to domestic wastewater which is why I would have questioned the Minister's ruling. I imagine the use of the word, "domestic", means that somebody lives in the house. A wastewater system is a system for taking away the wastewater. If I live in a house in a terrace which has a pipe going from it into a system that deals chemically and biologically with the waste, does this qualify as a domestic wastewater system? Therefore, are we talking about all houses in the State? Are we saying that every house in the country could potentially be open to these charges? It is not necessarily an urban-rural divide-----