Northern Ireland Institutions
Dail Éireann — 2023-04-27
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Darragh O'Brien (FF), Dublin Fingal

The Water Services Act 2007 , as amended, requires all owners of premises served by an individual domestic waste water treatment system to register their system with the relevant local authority.
Further details are available at the following link: www.protectourwater.ie/default.aspx.
I can confirm that my Department does not compile the requested data.
In relation to the Census 2016 information requested, Census data, including the number of households that recorded having a septic tank, can be accessed on the CSO website, at the following link data.cso.ie/table/EY044

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Sitting date: 2023-04-27