Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion
Dr. Eimear Cotter:
The Commission is looking at water quality overall, including high nitrogen levels and eutrophication owing to nitrogen. Solely focusing on nitrogen in derogation farms is probably where the confusion originates. The criteria that were set included nitrogen and eutrophication. Eutrophication is driven by both nitrogen and phosphorous, which is why we are seeing those parts of the country that the Senator called out-----
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