Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Following on from that, will Mr. Buckley give his view on the testing regime that has been put in place? One is being carried out by Teagasc in 14 catchments for which we have results that are almost available up to date. We have the testing regime carried out by the EPA, which involves monthly testing in most bodies of water and that information is only made available in a report published the following year. If, like me, you are a dairy farmer, you have a result of what is happening in your bull tank within 48 hours. Do we need to empower the farming community with the results from the water bodies that have been tested? Should it be a new regulation, that the EPA should inform the farming community of the results in a catchment within hours of the test and not publish the report 18 months later?