Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 15 September 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion

Photo of Tim LombardTim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would like to be helpful. When we met the Commissioner he gave the four committee members who sat in front of him for an hour the clear impression that, under a European Court of Justice ruling in June, we would have an opportunity, on 30 September, to make a further submission to clarify matters and look at the red map area. The Commissioner had the red map; one of his officials was pointing at it. I am trying to get a very clear statement. Is the Minister looking at having two zones in the country, one with a 220 kg N/ha limit and one with a 250 kg N/ha limit?

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