COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, April 16, 2012

QUESTION NO.6

QUESTION: Councillor J. Lahart

To ask the Manager to estimate how many households are liable for the septic tank charge in the county and to make a statement on the matter?

REPLY:

It is estimated that there are approximately 2,500 houses in the South Dublin County Council area on septic tanks or wastewater treatment and disposal systems serving single houses who will be liable for the registration fee of €5 for the first three months of registration increasing to €50 thereafter.

The Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government is currently advising on its website that:

"It is not yet possible to register septic tanks and other on-site systems and no registration fees should be sent to the Department.  It is expected that the registration system will be in place by late April 2012 and full details of how and when to register will be made available at that time. The new legislation will probably not commence until 2013 and details will be made available at that time in the national and local media. Householders should take care not to allow uninvited persons, or persons claiming to be septic tank inspectors, to enter onto their property in advance of the launch of inspections. Householders will be formally notified by their local authority if their domestic waste water treatment system is to be inspected and inspectors will be required to carry identification and to present this on request to householders."