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Septic tank registrations so far: how does your county rate?

Kerry county has the highest registration rate – but Dublin city residents have a lot of ground to make up.

Updated, 19:19

OVER A THIRD of Irish homes have yet to register for mandatory inspection of septic tanks, the latest figures show.

The figures below show the number of households that have registered so far – with three days to go until the end of a six-month window which requires households to register for mandatory inspections of their tanks.

The mandatory inspections are the result of an EU directive on waste water management, which Ireland was behind schedule in implementing.

Last month the European Court of Justice fined Ireland €2 million for its delay in implementing the fine.

  • Carlow: 4,651 out of 7,085 (65.6%)
  • Cavan: 10,494 out of 14,318 (73.3%)
  • Clare: 15,442 out of 19,381 (79.7%)
  • Cork city: 416 out of 470 (88.5%)
  • Cork county: 31748 out of 56870 (55.8%)
  • Donegal: 15,954 out of 32,359 (49.3%)
  • Dublin city: 88 out of 1,857 (4.7%)
  • Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown: 813 out of 1,703 (47.7%)
  • Fingal: 2185 out of 4,808 (45.4%)
  • Galway City: 509 out of 1,045 (48.7%)
  • Galway County: 23700 out of 41491 (57.1%)
  • Kerry: 25,396 out of 28,016 (90.6%)
  • Kildare: 9,620 out of 16,348 (58.8%)
  • Kilkenny: 10,088 out of 15,163 (66.5%)
  • Laois: 7,244 out of 11,189 (64.7%)
  • Leitrim: 5,031 out of 6,922 (72.7%)
  • Limerick city: 173 out of 331 (52.3%)
  • Limerick county: 15,002 out of 23,915 (62.7%)
  • Longford: 4,980 out of 7,431 (67.0%)
  • Louth: 5,787 out of 11,473 (50.4%)a
  • Mayo: 19,419 out of 26,508 (73.3%)
  • Meath: 13,508 out of 21,398 (63.1%)
  • Monaghan: 6,506 out of 11,933 (54.5%)
  • North Tipperary: 8,701 out of 12,253 (71.0%)
  • Offaly: 7,227 out of 11,046 (65.4%)
  • Roscommon: 10,300 out of 14,205 (72.5%)
  • Sligo: 7,765 out of 11,040 (70.3%)
  • South Dublin: 875 out of 2,061 (42.5%)
  • South Tipperary: 9,349 out of 14,244 (65.6%)
  • Waterford city: 299 out of 439 (68.1%)
  • Waterford county: 6,171 out of 11,231 (54.9%)
  • Westmeath: 8,354 out of 12,041 (69.4%)
  • Wexford: 16,352 out of 25,611 (63.8%)
  • Wicklow: 8,236 out of 11,726 (70.2%)
  • National: 312,383 out of 487,911 (64.0%)

Read: Deadline looms as one third of waste water treatment systems remain unregistered

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