Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) who manufactured and installed sewerage treatment plants have stopped making and selling the system since March 2009 and the implications this will have for the over 900 tanks that were sold, now that they are no longer certified. [52922/12]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The company in question manufacture a whole range of treatment plants. The National Standards Authority of Ireland certified one of the range, namely "Biofilter Package sewage treatment system". It was certified until March 2009, when it was withdrawn at the manufacturer’s request.

The Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government use NSAI Agrément as a mechanism to show compliance with the Building Regulations. NSAI Agrément certifies that a product is fit for purpose at the time of installation. The householder is obliged to register the treatment system with the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government.

The NSAI has no role in the ongoing monitoring of the unit.