Mr. Fintan Towey:

Deputy Whitmore is familiar with the change to the grant. The grant assistance is available because we need to have a better incentive to tackle instances where septic tanks are not performing. That said, a performing septic tank is an acceptable environmental solution. It is the intention in those instances where an alternative exists to connect to the public system that we should provide assistance to do so but not at a higher level than would apply to remediating a septic tank.