Seanad debates
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed)
9:00 pm
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein)
This is the point I am trying to make. In fairness, I honestly feel this is a serious issue. It needs to be examined by the Bills Office. I believe the potential exists for the definition to be misconstrued. It could be argued that it covers all houses, as has been mentioned. I appreciate that Senator Landy was talking about houses connected to septic tanks. I do not think that is what is written in the Bill. When one reads the Bill, one finds that it refers to "systems". I think this needs to be clarified. It could be misconstrued as a reference to group schemes and local authority schemes and, as a result, they could be covered by this Bill.
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