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S.I. No. 177/1998 -- Quality of Bathing Waters (Amendment) Regulations, 1998.

S.I. No. 177/1998 -- Quality of Bathing Waters (Amendment) Regulations, 1998. 1998 177

S.I. No. 177/1998:

QUALITY OF BATHING WATERS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1998.

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for the Environment and Local Government by section 30 of the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977 (No. 1 of 1977) and by section 26 of that Act as amended by the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Act, 1990 (No. 21 of 1990), which said powers are delegated to me by the Environment and Local Government (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 428 of 1997 ), I, DAN WALLACE, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government, hereby make the following Regulations:--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Quality of Bathing Waters (Amendment) Regulations, 1998.

2. The Quality of Bathing Waters Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 155 of 1992 ) are hereby amended by the deletion of the First Schedule thereof (as substituted by the Quality of Bathing Waters (Amendment) Regulations, 1996 ( S.I. No. 230 of 1996 )) and the substitution therefor of the following Schedule:

SCHEDULE

BATHING AREAS

Bathing Area	Responsible Local Authority
The bathing place at Ballyallia Lake, Ennis	Clare County Council
The bathing place at Ballycuggeran, Killaloe
The beach at Bishopsquarter
Cappagh Pier and beach at Kilrush
The beach at Fanore
The beach at Kilkee
The beach at Lahinch
The bathing place at Mountshannon, Lough Derg
The beach at Spanish Point
White Strand, Doonbeg
White Strand, Miltown Malbay

Bathing Area	Responsible Local Authority
The beach at Barley Cove	Cork County Council
The beach at Claycastle, Youghal
The beach at Coolmaine
The beach at Fountainstown
The beach at Garretstown
White Strand at Garrylucas
The beach at Garryvoe
The beach at Inchydoney
The beach at Owenahincha
The beach at Redbarn
The beach at Tragumma
The beach at the Warren
The main beach at Younghal
The beach at Ballyhernan, Fanad	Donegal County Council
The beach at Bundoran
The beach at Carrickfinn
The beach at Culdaff
The beach at Downings
The beach at Drumnatinny
The beach at Fintra
The beach at Killahoey
The beach at Ladys Bay, Buncrana
The beach at Lisfannon
The beach at Marbe Hill
The beach at Murvagh
The beach at Port Arthur Strand, Derrybeg
The beach at Portnablagh
The beach at Portnoo/Naran
The beach at Portsalon
The beach at Rathmullan
The beach at Rossnowlagh
The beach at Killiney	Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
The beach at Seapoint
The beach at Balbriggan	Fingal County Council
The beach at Donabate
The beach at Loughshinny
The beach at Malahide
The beach at Portmarnock
The beach at Portrane
The South beach at Rush
The beach at Skerries
Burrow Beach at Sutton
Trá an Dóilin, An Cheathrú Rúa	Galway County Council
The beach at Clifden
The beach at Guarteen, Roundstone
The beach at Na Forbacha
The beach at Cil Mhuirbhigh, Inishmore
The bathing place at Loughrea Lake
The bathing place at Portumna
An Trá Mór, Caol Rua formerly known as An Cnoc
Trá na mBan, An Spindéal
Pier Beach, An Spidéal
Trá Chaladh bhFuinnse
The beach at Traught, Kinvara

Bathing Area	Responsible Local Authority
The beach at Ballinskelligs	Kerry County Council
The North beach at Ballybunion
The South beach at Ballybunion
The beach at Ballyheigue
Banna Strand
The beach at Castlegregory
The beach at Derrynane
The beach at Fenit
The beach at Inch
The beach at Kells Bay
The beach at Maharabeg, Castlegregory
White Strand at Rossbeigh
White Strand at Caherciveen
The beach at Ventry
Irmy beach at Waterville
The bathing place at Keeldra Lake, Cloone	Leitrim County Council
The beach at Clogherhead	Louth County Council
The beach at Port, Lurganboy
The beach at Seapoint
The beach at Shelling Hill/Templetown
The beach at Bertra	Mayo County Council
The beach at Carrawmore
The beach at Dooega, Achill
The beach at Doogort, Achill
Golden Strand, Achill
The beach at Keel, Achill
The beach at Keem, Achill
The beach at the Harbour, Clare Island
Ross Strand, Killala
The beach at Old Head, Louisburgh
Silver Strand, Louisburgh
The beach at Mullaghroe, Belmullet
The beach at Mulranny
The beach at Rinroe, Carratigue
The beach at Elly Bay, Belmullet
The beach at Laytown/Bettystown	Meath County Council
The beach at Enniscrone	Sligo County Council
The beach at Mullaghmore
The beach at Rosses Point
The beach at Ardmore	Waterford County Council
The beach at Bonmahon
The beach at Clonea
Dunmore Strand, Dunmore East
Counsellor's Strand, Dunmore East
The beach at Tramore
The bathing place The Cut, Lough Lene	Westmeath County Council
The bathing place at Liliput, Lough Ennel
The bathing place at Portnashangan, Lough Owel
The North beach at Ballymoney	Wexford County Council
The North beach at Courtown
The beach at Curracloe
The beach at Duncannon
The beach at Morriscastle
The beach at Rosslare Strand

Bathing Area	Responsible Local Authority
The North beach at Brittas Bay	Wicklow County Council
The South beach at Brittas Bay
The beach at Bray
The beach at Clogga
The south beach at Greystones
The beach at Silver Strand
Dollymount Strand	The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Alderman and Burgesses of Dublin
Merrion Strand
Sandymount Strand
The beach at Salthill	The Mayor, Alderman and Burgesses of the County Borough of Galway
Silver Strand, Galway

DATED this 4th day of June, 1998.

DAN WALLACE,

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the Quality of Bathing Waters Regulations, 1992 which give effect to Council Directive No. 76/160/EEC of 8 December, 1975 (O.J. No. L31/1, 5 February, 1976) concerning the quality of bathing water. The effect of the amendments is to adjust the number of bathing areas to which the water quality standards, sampling programmes and pollution prevention provisions of the 1992 Regulations will apply, to a total of 130 bathing areas compared with 124 previously.