Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not being rude. Please do not take me as being rude, but the EPA is the body and entity in this case. Dr. Cotter stated previously she would like to get to the bottom of it, which I believe was her terminology an hour ago. Farmers have visited this catchment area. They have done farm works there. They have watched the technology that is being used on these farms. It has to be acknowledged the technology is reducing nitrogen levels. There is a different way of spreading slurry and an increased storage of water. These are all derogation farms that are doing it the right way, which was what was brought forward. In her modelling, Dr. Cotter admitted there is no difference between derogation farms and non-derogation farms. The Timoleague catchment has proven, and in fairness to Deputy Matthews, he has nailed it, that it is on the science, and that when the science shows the technologies are brought forward, nitrogen is reduced in the testing. Would that not be a fair assessment?