Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of wastewater generated here that receives no treatment before discharge. [30829/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The latest published report from the Environmental Protection Agency on urban wastewater discharges relates to the year 2007. At that stage, in population equivalent terms, 3.76% of discharges from agglomerations with a population equivalent of greater than 500 are reported to be without any treatment.

My Department provides capital funding to Water Services Authorities for the provision of wastewater infrastructure under the Water Services Investment and Rural Water Programmes to enable appropriate treatment to be provided for wastewater discharges.