Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 September 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Nitrates Derogation and Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion
Mr. Bill Callanan:
I will answer the first question about the Department's acceptance of the figures. To be honest, I have not seen the submission from the ICMSA so I cannot refer directly to it or its impact. The Deputy asked specifically about actions. I have referred to the suggested culling of numbers. I identified earlier that is based on the application of manure, the exporting of manure, temporary grazing and issues such as that, which have always been available and will continue to be available. I cannot give the Deputy a clear picture of the impact for the 15% who are in the higher band. I certainly assume they will take the actions legally available to them to comply before reducing numbers. That is up to individual farmers.
I will leave the question about Teagasc modelling to Mr. Harris. Is that done by catchment or by area?
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