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

Mr. Jack Nolan:

If we do not have the land area, we can notify the local authority that the Deputy has very high nitrogen. However, if we do not have a basic payment scheme, BPS, application, we have nothing to divide the Deputy's nitrogen by, so we cannot calculate his stocking rate.