Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of reported incidents of pollution that have arisen from the malfunction or inadequacy of municipal waste water treatment plants; the action taken or pending arising therefrom on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28387/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Environmental Protection Agency is the statutory body responsible for the supervision of wastewater discharges from local authority wastewater treatment plants. The Agency is also the statutory body for investigating complaints of pollution and for the enforcement of environmental legislation in Ireland. Details of all prosecutions taken by the Agency for pollution incidents and details of the Agency's enforcement activities are published on the Agency's website ().