Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----albeit that the level of nitrogen remains acceptable under the drinking water regulation, it is lobbed into the red map. In the EPA's conclusion, it is stated it is doing the report on behalf of the Department and the Commission, which will then sit down and thrash this out. I cannot see why, in the conclusion of one paragraph, the EPA just became judge and jury, stating that in the areas enclosed, there will be a reduction on 1 January from 250 kg N/ha to 220 kg N/ha.

If the EPA is doing the report on behalf of the Commission, it should let the Commission decide whether there are influencing factors or whether it interprets the EPA's report differently from how the EPA sees it, as some of us are here today.