Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount in fines levied against Ireland for breach of the urban wastewater treatment directive. [17417/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive mandates EU member states to collect and treat urban waste water in towns and cities to protect public health and avoid pollution of rivers, lakes and coastal waters. Member states had until the end of December 2000 to ensure appropriate treatment for large agglomerations (with a population equivalent of more than 15,000), and until the end of December 2005 for agglomerations with a population equivalent of more than 2,000 which discharge to freshwaters and estuaries.

To date, no fines have been levied against Ireland for breach of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.