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:
When we look at the monitoring from the country as a whole, we are able to distinguish where the main pressures are coming from, whether agriculture or inadequately treated wastewater. The monitoring network has been reviewed by the European Commission and has been found to meet the requirements of the water framework directive, including that it is representative.