Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

When I was down there yesterday, they informed me that I was paranoid about the 2018 dynamic that a dry year would have nitrates go through the roof. They told me what they are coming back with is beyond belief. Yesterday's reading was 3.5 and it was below 2.6 all the way through. For part of the year the reading was 1. It gave me great hope with a catchment area that is so intensively farmed - they will definitely change farming practices - we could have a very good report coming given what is happening this year.

The EPA measurements are done monthly whereas this is done every ten minutes. We have powerful academically based information coming with a test every ten minutes which is fantastic. Are we making the most of that information when we inform the European Union what we are doing here? Is it coming across that we have a really important data centre with such powerful information? The officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine may wish to take that one.