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
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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I do not want to hog the meeting, but it would be useful if we could get a note on how exactly the co-ordination operates because it is crucially important.
In the opening statement, Dr. Cotter stated: "[T]he message is that protecting water quality is an issue for all farmers, not just those that have the largest or more intensive farms." I take it she accepts there is a distinction between the two.