Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of specific tanks that have been registered with each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53531/12]

Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has made any provisions in his budgets to allow for grant assistance for those who may need to upgrade their septic tanks to bring them in line with current regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53532/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 and 173 together.

As of 28 November, applications in respect of the on-site wastewater treatment systems of almost 225,000 owners, who have registered on-line, by post or in person at their local authority offices, have been processed. I understand that there are a further 65,000 registration applications which are waiting to be processed by the bureau operated by the Local Government Management Agency. In total, therefore, some 290,000 householders have registered their systems to date. Census 2011 recorded that there are 497,281 households served by septic tanks or other treatment systems. Householders who have not yet registered have until 1 February 2013 to register their system.

I have stated on a number of occasions that I am prepared to consider all possible options to provide financial support to householders whose wastewater treatment systems are deemed, following inspection under the new legislation, to require substantial remediation or upgrading. The matter is under active consideration in my Department. The provision of any financial support will have regard to the overall budgetary situation and to the financial position of the individual households concerned.

Details of the numbers of processed registrations for each County and City Council are set out in the following table.