Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail)

In my view, legislation should be tight, irrespective of what Government is in power. Legislation should come before the Oireachtas if changes such as those proposed in this Bill are to be regulated by a ministerial regulation.

Senator Walsh made a very good point on the pollution threat caused by urban waste water systems. In my constituency and throughout greater Donegal there are sewerage treatment plants operated under the control of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government which flow directly into rivers and out into the sea. When some of those plants-----