Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 3:

In page 4, to delete lines 28 and 29, and substitute the following:

"legislation made by the Oireachtas under section 70B;".

This amendment relates to the powers under regulation for the Minister to make a prescribed date for registration. We have major difficulties with the prescribed date as outlined in the Bill. It means a date will be set for an individual to register his or her septic tank or wastewater treatment system. The Bill does not state what the date will be with the Minister allowed to sign a regulation to bring in the date at any given time. Accordingly, people cannot forward plan.

Nobody will be sure when that will be once the legislation is enacted. Effectively, if the legislation is approved in its current format-----