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:
We are looking at whether there are issues. Some farmers are saying that the average dairy farmer gets €20,000 in basic payment and are asking whether it is worth their while to get that or get five extra cows if they are being asked to store extra slurry and so on. Enforcement and implementation of these will be a major part of the revised river basin management plan that will be prepared by my colleagues in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, with our input.