Written answers
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Water Services
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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707. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of grants paid for the upgrade of private wastewater systems and septic tanks in each year since the scheme's inception in 2013, by county; the expenditure in each year, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15368/21]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The tables below set out the number of grants and the amounts recouped by my Department for the upgrade of domestic waste water systems by local authority each year since 2013. No recoupments were made by my Department in 2013.
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local authority | No. of Grants Recouped | Amount Recouped € | No. of Grants Recouped | Amount Recouped € | No. of Grants Recouped | Amount Recouped € |
| Clare | 7 | 21,270.53 | 3 | 10,500.00 | ||
| Cork | 6 | 10,098.98 | 12 | 27,132.56 | ||
| Donegal | 6 | 15,281.26 | ||||
| Fingal | 1 | 2,951.20 | ||||
| Galway | 4 | 15,300.06 | 8 | 28,912.20 | 2 | 6,744.00 |
| Kerry | 4 | 9,359.06 | 5 | 16,542.38 | ||
| Kildare | 2 | 8,000.00 | ||||
| Laois | 1 | 4,000.00 | ||||
| Leitrim | 1 | 2,500.00 | ||||
| Limerick | 4 | 14,500.00 | 6 | 17,661.60 | 5 | 17,238.72 |
| Longford | 1 | 4,000.00 | 2 | 6,500.00 | ||
| Louth | 1 | 4,000.00 | ||||
| Mayo | 6 | 23,818.60 | 7 | 19,538.56 | ||
| Meath | 9 | 30,476.00 | 4 | 12,536.20 | 11 | 41,000.00 |
| Monaghan | 5 | 17,053.00 | 4 | 12,837.00 | ||
| Offaly | 4 | 12,126.51 | ||||
| Roscommon | 1 | 4,000.00 | 12 | 40,251.28 | 4 | 16,000.00 |
| Sligo | 3 | 11,161.75 | 6 | 22,106.00 | 4 | 8,821.74 |
| Tipperary | 4 | 9,741.25 | 3 | 10,290.78 | ||
| Waterford | 2 | 4,903.20 | ||||
| Westmeath | 1 | 2,896.20 | 1 | 150.00 | 1 | 3,690.89 |
| Wexford | 5 | 8,482.45 | 8 | 12,760.00 | ||
| Totals | 29 | 98,575.26 | 85 | 256,558.87 | 72 | 211,999.83 |
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local authority | No. of Grants Recouped | Amount Recouped € | No. of Grants Recouped | Amount Recouped € | No. of Grants Recouped | Amount Recouped € |
| Cavan | 1 | 2,370.95 | 1 | 8,000.00 | 1 | 2,500.00 |
| Clare | 4 | 11,700.00 | 3 | 9,954.40 | 3 | 12,000.00 |
| Cork | 3 | 6,276.34 | 6 | 15,385.59 | 3 | 3,404.52 |
| Donegal | 45 | 125,987.50 | ||||
| Dublin Sth | 1 | 4,000.00 | ||||
| Galway | 9 | 26,199.44 | 6 | 22,500.00 | 11 | 35,772.87 |
| Kerry | 3 | 9,581.18 | 3 | 6,526.39 | 7 | 22,119.46 |
| Kildare | 1 | 4,000.00 | 3 | 9,000.00 | 3 | 8,089.00 |
| Kilkenny | 1 | 4,000.00 | ||||
| Laois | 3 | 9,448.00 | 1 | 4,000.00 | ||
| Leitrim | 1 | 1,203.10 | 4 | 14,500.00 | ||
| Limerick | 2 | 6,500.00 | 8 | 28,250.00 | 4 | 14,931.86 |
| Longford | 1 | 4,000.00 | 2 | 6,500.00 | ||
| Mayo | 12 | 36,923.14 | 10 | 31,501.20 | 21 | 67,786.64 |
| Meath | 8 | 29,000.00 | 5 | 30,500.00 | 16 | 58,560.49 |
| Monaghan | 6 | 20,448.60 | 1 | 2,500.00 | ||
| Offaly | 2 | 8,000.00 | ||||
| Roscommon | 7 | 25,000.00 | 4 | 15,296.00 | 4 | 16,000.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 4,000.00 | 1 | 4,000.00 | 1 | 1,788.76 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 4,000.00 | 2 | 6,500.00 | 2 | 8,000.00 |
| Waterford | 3 | 4,488.00 | ||||
| Westmeath | 3 | 6,354.77 | 2 | 7,861.08 | ||
| Wexford | 6 | 17,822.63 | 17 | 58,078.50 | 23 | 69,297.11 |
| Wicklow | 1 | 6,500.00 | 2 | 7,632.00 | ||
| Totals | 62 | 199,321.68 | 83 | 289,498.55 | 160 | 497,719.29 |
| 2020 | 2021 (up to 22/3/2021) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local authority | No. of Grants Recouped | Amount Recouped € | No. of Grants Recouped | Amount Recouped € |
| Carlow | 1 | 4,584.49 | ||
| Cork | 2 | 5,395.01 | ||
| Donegal | 6 | 14,519.85 | ||
| Dublin Sth | 1 | 4,000.00 | ||
| Galway | 8 | 24,036.18 | ||
| Kerry | 6 | 23,860.56 | 1 | 4,000.00 |
| Kildare | 3 | 10,000.00 | ||
| Kilkenny | 1 | 4,000.00 | ||
| Laois | 1 | 4,630.80 | ||
| Limerick | 4 | 13,000.00 | ||
| Longford | 3 | 9,989.83 | ||
| Mayo | 19 | 62,634.75 | 19 | 75,326.27 |
| Meath | 21 | 80,822.45 | ||
| Offaly | 1 | 3,810.76 | ||
| Roscommon | 6 | 26,323.75 | ||
| Sligo | 2 | 5,469.80 | ||
| Tipperary | 1 | 4,000.00 | ||
| Westmeath | 3 | 8,607.93 | ||
| Wexford | 23 | 79,296.57 | ||
| Totals | 112 | 388,982.73 | 20 | 79,326.27 |
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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708. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of villages and towns in Ireland that do not have municipal wastewater systems by county; the steps he plans to take to deal with this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15369/21]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department does not compile information in the manner sought in the question. However, the issue of wastewater infrastructure in villages/settlements not serviced by Irish Water is a matter my Department is considering. I have instructed the relevant officials in my Department to prepare a report on this topic at national level. This will include a baseline survey of all rural local authorities to establish the numbers, size, national distribution and other environmental impacts for villages/settlements that do not have waste water collection and treatment infrastructure provided by Irish Water. I will be in a position to provide further update once I have received this report.
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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709. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated number of individual houses served by private wastewater systems by county; the action being taken to ensure that these are not a cause of pollution; the number of inspections carried out on them in each year since 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15370/21]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The number of individual houses served by domestic waste water treatment systems can be found in the 2016 Census reports available at www.cso.ie/en/census/census2016reports/.
Under the Water Services Acts 2007 (as amended) and 2012 (Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems) Regulations 2012, the owner of a domestic waste water treatment system is responsible for its maintenance and renewal and shall ensure that its parts and components are fit for purpose, operational where appropriate and kept in good order and repair so as to prevent a risk to human health or environment.
Section 70K of the Water Services Act 2007 (as amended) requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prepare a national inspection plan with regard to the inspection and monitoring of domestic waste water treatment systems, and authorises the water authorities to implement the plan including arranging for inspections.
My Department provides financial support to eligible homeowners towards the remediation, repair, or upgrading works to, or replacement of, domestic waste water treatment systems where an Advisory Notice has issued on foot of an inspection under the EPA’s National Inspection Plan.
Furthermore, to support the attainment of water quality objectives in “prioritised areas for action and “high status objective catchment areas” as identified in the River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2018-2021, financial support is available to eligible homeowners towards the remediation, repair, or upgrading works to, or replacement of, domestic waste water treatment systems.
The EPA publishes an annual report on inspections and enforcement and details on the number of inspections carried out can be found on the EPA's website at the following link: .
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