Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 October 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion

Dr. Eimear Cotter:

We do. On the water quality legislation, in particular, we have looked at the level of farm inspections, from which enforcement actions and prosecutions stem. These are some of the parameters used but if the Senator wants more detail, rather than me saying anything further, it would be better to come back to him with that information. It broadly involves looking at farm inspections, enforcement and, ultimately, prosecutions.