Michael D'Arcy (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 963: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Environmental Protection Agency keeps his Department appraised of the number of waste water treatment plants nationally not working to a satisfactory level; and the number of these units that have polluted watercourses and streams. [11658/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The Environmental Protection Agency maintains appropriate contact with my Department in relation to the discharge of its various regulatory and supervisory functions. In addition, my Department draws on the regular reports on Water Quality in Ireland by the Agency which present a review of water quality and suspected causes of pollution in various categories of water bodies. The Agency's reports on Urban Waste Water Discharges in Ireland provide an analysis of the treatment of wastewater from all agglomerations with a population equivalent over 500. Both sets of reports are available in the Oireachtas Library. Enforcement action in respect of pollution of water courses by local authority waste water discharges is a matter for the Agency.