Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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I have a final question and I want to let in others. Representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency were in earlier and spoke about a section of the country where the water quality was affected by nitrates. There is a theory that the departmental officials might know but is it the case that 50% of all fertilisers in Ireland are used by 18,000 dairy farmers, with the other 110,000 farmers using the other 50%? Is that accurate or is it pie in the sky stuff?