Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail)

Perhaps the Minister can clarify which standards will apply. I have seen the current Environmental Protection Agency guidelines, which are available on the agency's current website. One of the matters covered by the guidelines is the size of a percolation area. The guidelines also specify the trench length that should be associated with a percolation area that feeds off a septic tank. This is what the inspectors will inspect when they come out. These are the guidelines the inspectors will be using, not according to Brian Ó Domhnaill but according to the Environmental Protection Agency, which is mentioned in the legislation. If there are eight people living in a house, under this legislation a trench with a minimum length of 144 m will be required. If one has a four-bedroom house, with eight people living in it, one will have to install a trench of 144 m from the percolation area of one's septic tank. The percolation area, the trench and the percolation pipes will have to be at least 2 m apart, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. They will have to be at least 5 m from a surface water soakaway; at least 10 m from a water course or a stream; at least 10 m from an open drain; at least 50 m from a lake, foreshore or coastal area; at least 7 m from a house in the case of a septic tank and at least 10 m away from a house in the case of a percolation area; at least 3 m from the site boundary; at least 3 m from any trees on the site; at least 4 m from a road; and at least 4 m from any slope breaks or cuts on the site. If the Minister had 144 m of pipes, and the percolation area and pipes had to be the distances I have mentioned away from-----