Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We can park that one there. We could say it was well intended but there are consequences that were not foreseen or studied.

I am constituency colleague of Deputy Flaherty, so it is not that I am ignoring Coastwatch but we do not have any coast in Westmeath either. Returning to An Taisce, could Dr. McGoff explain a little more on the science and study in respect of the comment that the biggest problem with nitrate leakage is the urine patches as opposed to slurry, even that which is spread with low emissions slurry spreading? I would take from that as a farmer that the way to go is what we see many people doing now, namely, zero grazing. We put the cattle in and we spread the slurry as opposed to having them urinating and whatever on the land. That is probably the most intensive type of farming we have. I am not a scientist or biologist but what is the difference in urine patches and slurry when basically the majority of slurry is urine?