Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food
Nitrates Derogation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
2:00 am
Mr. Bill Callanan:
We have never suggested that this is down to farming. However, there has been detailed modelling of the various contributions from sectors such as wastewater, forestry, agriculture, etc. All have a part to play in improving water quality and all have a responsibility. I am not sure it will be productive in achieving that objective of improving water quality if there is a kind of blame game of saying "It is not us, it is them" and so forth. Everybody is going to have to play his or her part. Every sector within farming, not just derogation farming, has to play its part.
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