Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 January 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Michael Moroney:

I certainly would agree with this. As an interesting aside, Northern Ireland has a similar grant system. It has put in place a size limit of 2,500 gallons on the tankers for which it is prepared to provide grant aid. We will provide grant aid for far larger tankers on farms rather than in contractor fleets. This is something we feel is important. There should be a ceiling on the size of the tank on a farm that will be given grant aid if contractors continue to be excluded.