Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The IFA will be appearing before the committee later and it has estimated that the loss to the rural economy is likely to be approximately €236 million to €240 million. That will have an impact on family farms and will be much more devastating. It is imperative that we use all of the data that is available. What seems to be the problem is that the EPA's reports are ignoring the contribution wastewater, the treatment plants, and other factors are making to the decline of the status of the water we have. Can the EPA assure us that problem will not continue?