Seanad debates
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed)
11:00 am
Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail)
On amendments Nos. 22 and 23, I would agree with Senator O'Donovan on what he has raised here. The legal implications are wide ranging and they have all sorts of connotations from a conveyancing point of view.
They also have all sorts of connotations, for example, in a situation where a septic tank is built on a neighbour's land. Who is liable for a septic tank if it is build on a third party's land or if it is built on commonage, as in a case that was brought to my attention today? There are 166 landowners linked to the commonage and the septic tank is on the commonage. What will happen in a case like that? It is in bog as well and it certainly will not comply. The costs will be colossal. In a situation like that or where, for example a septic tank is built on a neighbour's land where the neighbours are not talking to each other, which is a case of which I am aware as well-----
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