Robbie Gallagher (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his response. I appreciate that his Department is under financial constraints and can only spend the money as it is given it, but he should consider extending the scheme and examining how it is constructed. Finding funding is an onerous and unfair responsibility on groups. Perhaps local authorities could be given sole control of the matter.

I take the Minister of State's point about individuals in both Houses jumping up and down but it is only because they have received representations from their constituents. There is an issue with septic tanks. Were a grant available to an individual householder to upgrade his or her septic tank without a prior inspection being required by the local authority, there would be many more applications.