Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

If land is designated as a special area of conservation, one of the 36 things farmers are supposed to do is to get the go-ahead to put out slurry. It is the damnedest ever with what is involved. It is not the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine that is involved, it is the National Parks and Wildlife Service. There is fear in certain areas because of the pressure coming on land. People speak about bringing slurry 130 or 150 miles. It is crazy. Does Mr. Callanan agree?