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Thursday, 31 January 2013

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Septic Tank Registration Scheme

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is obligatory to register a private waste water system in a house that is currently uninhabitable; if the house is repaired and is made habitable and the owner then registers the waste water system will they be eligible for the new grant for the upgrade of waste water systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5056/13]

Photo of Phil HoganPhil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 requires that all owners of premises connected to domestic waste water treatment systems must register their system on or before 1 February 2013. This includes owners of premises which may for the time being be unoccupied, unless the treatment system serving the property has been emptied and de-commissioned. Septic tanks and other domestic waste water treatment systems which have not been emptied and de-commissioned will contain sludge and waste waters which may constitute a risk to public health or the environment.

I recently announced my intention to introduce a grant scheme to provide financial assistance to households whose septic tanks and other domestic wastewater treatment systems require remediation or upgrading following inspection under the Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012. The scheme will apply to treatment systems which have been registered by the due date of 1 February 2013 and which are deemed to require remediation having failed an inspection carried out under the 2012 Act. Full details of the scheme will be defined in regulations which I will make in advance of inspections commencing later his year.

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