Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 February 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Claire KerraneClaire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

An Taisce also makes the point in its opening statement that we must remember that farmers are not the only ones capable of causing nitrate pollution. This is an argument many people will make in that farmers can take all the actions in the world but it is not just farmers. Would the three groups be able to briefly give their view and opinion on responsibility, that is, where farmers lie as to how much responsibility they need to take as regards the issue of pollution in the first place?

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