Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for being here so late. I apologise; I was in the Chamber and I missed half of the witnesses' presentations and the first round of questions. In almost every response that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine provides to parliamentary questions, he says he is committed to retaining our derogation while also being focused on protecting and enhancing our water quality. That first part is never contained in the responses from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. What is the Department's position on the derogation?