Point 1- septic tank inspection is necessary, even out in the countryside. A lot of little crocks of shit adds up to one hell of a lot. Don't forget the health implications of overflow. The inspectors have to be paid (very well I imagine), so either it's done out of general taxation, or the owner pays. If you pay sewage rates the same as drainage connected folks, you have a point for it being free at the time of inspection."
meanwhile city dwellers have main sewage provided free of charge,we are now paying a household charge[rural areas do not get a refuse collection]tghis is a tax that you get no service with.
Septic tank inspection should not be necessary if proper planning rules were enforced in the first place, septic tanks work very well, if all they have to cope with is sewage, waste household water should be sepoerate and drain into a soakaway.no bleaches should be used down the toilet
there are two groups that have responsibilty here the government and the local council, if the local council has given permission for the septic tank to be built and they have allowed waste household water to drain into the septic tank, that is the councils fault, they should not have given permission in the first place.
the government needs to be providing grants to upgrade people septic tanks. they should not be penalising rural dwellers with inspection charges , the inspection charge should be free.
remember this is the country that wasted 57 milion on useless electronic voting machines, that was a decision made by govern ment, that 57 miliion should have been spent on upgrading peoples septic tanks if it was needed under an eu directive.
it was not the rural dwellers of ireland that wasted 57 miliion. there are 2 culprits here local councils who allowed inferior septic tanks to be built and central government, who haveknown there was an eu directive coming for nearly 2 decades