Seanad debates
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed)
8:00 pm
Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail)
I will look after them as well, as I always do. There are 475,000 people with these systems and they will not all come to me, Senator Harte or other Members of the House. If they did, we would not be in here. The Irish Rural Dwellers Association has raised this as major fear. The IFA has also raised this as a fear and I had a long discussion with its environment committee chairman on this issue today. These hidden costs could accumulate over years and the prescribed fee, referred to under the regulation, can be increased at any given time by the Minister by signing a regulation to increase it. The €50 registration can be-----
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