Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

The nitrates derogation was mentioned. First, Government policy is to pursue the renewal of the derogation. That is largely a technical exercise. The Department of housing is primarily responsible for the derogation because it is responsible for water quality. However, we obviously do a lot of the running on the derogation. It involves engagement with the relevant directorates general of the Commission. We are doing that all the time on these technical issues. I ask Mr. Callanan to elaborate on some of what is going on.