Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the guests. Most of the questions I was going to ask have been answered already. I know the ICMSA has been raising this during the summer with the Department and, as has been said, the economic consequences for rural Ireland can be huge. Have all the changes in the Department led to some of the confusion that has been described so far in the meeting? Could the witnesses speak more about the practicalities involved in meeting the demands that are made as part of the derogation, such as the timeframe concerned? If the water quality report is issued in June 2023 and the derogation for some of the farmers will have changed in 2024 then what will those affected face in that intervening period?