Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 October 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion

Dr. Eimear Cotter:

To be honest, we do not go into individual measures. What we want to see is reduced release of nutrients from the environment into our water bodies. Low-emission slurry spreading will reduce emissions into the atmosphere as well as into our waters. We see any measure that gives us improved environmental benefits and delivers for water quality, air quality and greenhouse gas emissions, which are co-benefits, as win-wins for the environment and for the measure. It gives us more back for the buck.

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