Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed)
5:30 pm
Dr. Eimear Cotter:
Overall, we are seeing improvements in the biological quality of some areas. Ms Gurrie might highlight where those areas are when I have finished. The enabling conditions in the water quality are getting better. Nutrient levels, perhaps, are improving in those water bodies. There can be a range of issues such as nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment. Similarly, on the declines, biological conditions are declining because of the enabling conditions with nutrients being a major factor in that. Does Ms Gurrie want to talk through where the key areas are?
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