Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion
Mr. David Flynn:
One of the key issues is outlined on page 9. In 2022, 44% of our rivers had a mean nitrate concentration above 8 mg. The EPA says the long-term trends are going in the wrong direction. It is clearly stating that we have a difficulty here. That is the issue we are dealing with. Every report produced by the EPA in the period we are looking at states that we have a difficulty with water quality, especially with nitrates and in particular from agriculture.