Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do think there is an issue in that farmers feel they have been paying for every sin in the world. Would it be fair that, in due course, the EPA might provide us with the details of the 200 bodies of water that are under pressure from the point of view of water quality? The EPA might also provide a list of section 63s that have been issued by it to local authorities. Section 63s are notices that are issued by the EPA to local authorities in circumstances where there is a compliance issue. I do think there is acknowledgment here, for the people who are watching, that it is not the farming community that is fully to blame. We should broaden this debate out because there may be other actors, even State actors, that have an issue regarding water quality.