Does your property contain a septic tank?
Was the septic tank included as part of the planning application for the property?
Is your property in joint ownership?

Well then section 70L of the WATER SERVICES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2012, may not comply with Articles 40 and 43 of the Constitution.

Section 70L also attempts to apply “future performance and disposal standards and consequential or ancillary matters” in other words conditions to planning applications retrospectively.

Funny how this Government have stated they can not apply conditions retrospectively to items such as state pensions of contracts of employment, but at the same time can apply conditions retrospectively to septic tanks, even though the building regulations cannot be applied retrospectively to existing buildings.

See you in court Phil.

Well since everyone who has registered is now the owner of their sh!t having bought and paid for it on the way in AND the way out, they should make a gift of it to Hogan. Post it to his home, his constituancy office, and to the dail. He’ll be delighted cos after all it’s valuable stuff now a price has been put on it

they might as well fine me a million euro because they havnt a hope of getting either. you can’t take the knickers off a bare arse!

Where do they come up with these prices?, €50 to register a tank and €5000 if you don’t! Imagine the government bringing a 70 year old women or a single parent to court on a €5000 fine for not paying €50! This country is run by closed minded people who are so disconnected from todays real society that these people must have been the “up their own arse wannabe socialites” that plaque college campuses and office buildings, I have a feeling these are the people that behind closed doors look down at the general public and regard us as ignorant low on the social class food chain who try to do nothing more then dodge charges at every possible situation.
This country needs to be run with a real understanding of the situations people are facing and not a “slap some silly charge/tax on it to gain revenue with no real benefit to the public” frame of mind.

Holy crap, 5 grand is a pretty steep fine

All I know is that my parents one 80 and the other 77 have paid the €50 but are now absolutely worried sick about possibly having to come up with a few grand to update their septic tank. The grant will NOT cover the works that may need to be done. They’ve spent a fortune on the upkeep of their system and even had it inspected 2 years ago and were told all was well with it. Guarantee this will not be the case this time around. They should not be worried to the extent they are at this time of their lives.

Septic & Photo of Hopeless Hogan quite apt.

Sh1t!!!

Septic Phil needs minders when in his home consituancy of KK these days!
Such an endeering character with such progressive policies

Where is this all going to end does anyone know? Property tax, septic tank, increases in income and motor tax, commodities, energy, insurance not to mention little stealth taxes here and there.
What’s the next big artery the government will pierce in order to bleed us dry?
Love this country and would really hate to leave it due to elderly family still living here but sometimes I wonder is the only option to move.

The joke is that biggest polluters of Irish water are local councils!

What has the government done about that? NOTHING!

Over 2 billion spend on cleaning water each year, so we can drink it and over 50% of it is lost due to poor piping before it ever reaches our homes.

What has the government done about that? Water tax! Great solution, ignore the real problem and go for the easy fix!

If one third haven’t registered, how so they know how many septic tanks are out there. Also, how would revenue know who to go after …..

@ Edward.. Just had to give you a green thumb there for that!! Very funny! Fair play to the ppl in Donegal though..they’re the only crowd that stand up for anything!!!

Local authorities do not do enforcement. It is alien to their way of working.
On the rare occasions that they do take action, they rarely get their act together.

Hogan your a digrace.

How can they put a tax on mini treatment systems that people installed after 2009. Mine cost over 4k just to buy and had to pay another 2k to get it installed. It uses electricity to keep the system pumped 24/7. So if I pay the charge will the government help pay my ESB bill or my tank maintaince?
Not a chance

Hey! What’s this bullshit about ‘You might not get Financial Assistance if your septic tank develops a problem in the future? Am I missing something here, or what? When WAS their any financial assistance provided for a faulty or out of date[decrepit] septic tank? News to me! I had a problem with my septic tank, so bad in fact that it didn’t work at all. The previous owners of my house had deliberately broken into the waste pipe so that it overflowed into a small stream at the back. Yup! That’s right. RAW SEWAGE and toilet paper! I contacted the Council and was told there were NO grants or Financial Help of any kind. What about the pollution I asked the Enviromental Agency?
“Have you had any complaints from your rural neighbours?” I was asked.
“No, not yet,” I replied.
“Well, don’t worry about it!” I was told. In the end My wife and I had to take out a bank loan of over 5k to put in a brand new complete system after struggling with ‘patched up’ attempts. A lot of money considering I’m registered disabled and only on DLA.

You can tax the crap out of me all you want Hogan, your only a traitor with no democratic mandate at the end of the day.
And Phil …just remember when you retire…..we’re gonna come after that fat pension and make sure you do time!

haha, proper slap-head on him!

Like an arse with a pair of glasses on it!!

What is it with you guys up in Donegal, only 4.7% of you have registered for the septic tank charges. Do ye think ye’re shite is cleaner than the rest of the country?

Make sure you are standing near the FAN as the sh#t it

The only crowd that pay for nothing and vote against everything

Alas, it’s not the last day of this septic Government

It’s important, as an island that we have clean water. This is pretty obvious. Our water gets polluted by faulty septic tanks. It’s certainly in our interests to keep our water as clean as possible and we shouldn’t be against this at all. The tactics by the government are a little skewed though. (in my opinion).
The main cause of pollution to our water table, lakes etc is not septic tanks. It’s the overuse of nitrates by farmers. This has not been mentioned as far as i can see. I wonder if the government would ask the powers that be in Brussels for a sizable donation to help us clean up our act. I am not having a go at farmers by the way, but i do wonder if it’s an issue that should be addressed.

The Revenue, when extracting the fine, will likely identify the offender as ‘one who believes they are above the law’.

Always a fertile demographic to conduct a full tax and vat audit of.

Register your tanks; it is the modern and intelligent thing to do. Ye can’t be sh1tting into the water table and poisoning Galway again or killing off the fish in our rivers with your sewage. It’s just medieval!