Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the availability of septic tank grants through the local authority system; the number of grants completed by local authorities over the past 12 months; if he will consider rolling out this grant to more homes that are in need of upgrading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11064/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Financial assistance towards the remediation, repair or upgrading works to, or the replacement of a domestic waste water treatment system is available under new and revised grant schemes which launched in June 2020. The schemes are focused on areas of greatest environmental priority rather than general in application. Details of the Terms and Conditions for each scheme can be found on the Department’s website .

The grant schemes are administered by the local authorities and the following table details the number of grants recouped, by local authority, over the past 12 months:

In implementing the revised arrangements, my Department has undertaken to conduct a review of the grant schemes after one year of operation to ensure their alignment with policy objectives.