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The Government has been accused of “seriously misleading the Dáil and the public” by claiming that fines will be by imposed the State if the Septic Tank Bill is not passed by February 3.

Some 300 people attended the septic tank public meeting organised by Sinn Féin councillor Rose Conway-Walsh, in the Broadhaven Bay Hotel, Belmullet, on Monday evening last. The resounding message from the meeting was that people are not going to register their septic tanks or pay any fees at least until the long awaited Belmullet Sewerage Scheme is completed.

Two public meetings to discuss the implications of the new legislation on septic tanks are being organised by Sinn Féin councillor Rose Conway-Walsh in the Belmullet Electoral Area. The first meeting will be held in the Broadhaven Bay Hotel, Belmullet, on Tuesday January 10 at 8pm and the second one will be held in Hotel Newport on Friday January 13 at 8pm.

A protest against the forthcoming septic tank charge will take place outside County Buildings on Prospect Hill this Monday.

Fianna Fáil is seeking an urgent meeting between Mayo County Council and the Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan to discuss his plans to hit septic tank owners in Co Mayo with multiple fees from next year. The Fianna Fáil members of Mayo County Council are to bring forward a motion calling for radical changes to the Water Services (Amendment) Bill, with a view to introducing a much fairer system of registering and upgrading septic tanks in Mayo.

The new levy to be introduced on septic tanks for rural homes will cost people much more than the €200 originally stated and add up to thousands of euro per household instead, according to Mayo politicians this week.

The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, has published the Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 which provides for a registration and inspection system for septic tanks.

The Kilkenny branch of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has expressed relief at the decision by the Minister for Environment, Phil Hogan, not to impose an inspection charge on septic tanks.

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan has outlined the registration and inspection regime for septic tanks.

Rural populations in counties like Galway may be left with no choice but to resort to “peaceful civil disobedience” if the Government imposes septic tank charges only to rural people. And Fianna Fáil deputy leader and Galway West TD Éamon Ó Cuív says he will “stand in solidarity” with rural Ireland on the issue.