Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Fitzmaurice and I, as well as two other members, were with the European Commissioner last September. One of the criticisms he had was that there were multiple reports coming back regarding the water framework directive. The Commissioner said it was unclear what the Government was looking for because there were two Departments, Teagasc and the EPA all rowing in with their view. We are, therefore, concerned about who the monitoring body is as having multiple monitoring bodies has proved to be ineffective in ensuring we get to our goal here.