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
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
The position since 30 June, when that map and those data would have been returned to the Commission, as was an obligation under our derogation, has been that those areas in red were facing 220 kg N/ha. That has been the position since the end of June. Also, we have known since the derogation was renegotiated that one of its requirements was that there would have to be an assessment of the 2022 water quality report when it was published and available with the 2021 water quality report and that, if there were not improvements, areas affected would drop to 220 kg N/ha. Obviously, from the start of this year, farmers were quite concerned in terms of-----
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