Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 January 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Cost and Supply of Fertiliser in the European Union: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Photo of Joe FlahertyJoe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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Mr. Santini spoke to the previous speaker about greenhouse gases. Urea and nitrogen have taken over from ammonium nitrate as a fertiliser. What is the difference? Are both equally as guilty in terms of creating greenhouse gases or would ammonium nitrate be less of an offender?