Mr. Eoin Kinsella:

I was the project manager of the five-year Duncannon European innovation project. Although the project mainly looked at bacteria levels because of the Blue Flag status at Duncannon we saw a reduction in nitrates at all 12 sites. They were measures above and beyond the nitrates regulations. The current nitrates action programme can be tweaked a little bit to work with farmers but what are needed for Lady's Island Lake are measures above and beyond the nitrates regulation. It is exactly what we did in Duncannon.