Dr. Eimear Cotter:

We highlighted this in our opening statement. There is no one solution that will fix all of our water quality issues. Certainly compliance and enforcement of existing environment legislation are imperative. This includes local authority inspections on farms. In the EPA's oversight of local authority functions, we have consistently said that the number of farm inspections needs to increase. They need to be followed through with regard to non-compliance and taking appropriate enforcement action.