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)
Dr. Elaine McGoff:
My point is that measures that are good for some things are not necessarily good for all things. Let us come at it from a place of honesty. If farmers who are putting this in place are believing they are doing great things for nitrate, they deserve to know that it is not going to do great things for nitrate. It is still a positive measure but if you are only looking at it through this lens - if nitrate is your only interest - it is not going to be very effective.
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