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

Photo of Jackie CahillJackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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The figure of 7,000 is a bit low because some farmers would be exporting slurry to keep themselves under 170 kg nitrogen per hectare so the figure of 7,000 will go up substantially this year.