Dr. Liam Hanrahan:

Yes, I mean appropriate nutrient management as a whole. I will probably come to it in a minute. Slurry storage and the proper use of nutrients are the key to the whole system. If an anaerobic digester system was available, it would be used to the best of its capacity. That would be the intention. Europeans can certainly avail of anaerobic digestion to a greater extent than we can, due to the export capacity of the tillage land.

I will move on to the wastewater programme the Senator mentioned. Dr. Snell might comment in a moment. We consistently encourage greater supports for farmers around all of this from an advisory perspective because its implementation and uptake are the key. There is no point in five, ten or even 100 farmers doing it. Every farmer has to participate in this journey of improving water quality going forward. If all actors along the supply chain are involved, it will only be a positive story. We continuously advocate for more funding for the likes of the ASSAP that is in place through Teagasc. It is a fantastic programme and it needs to be rolled out to almost every farmer and not only be run in the catchments that have been identified as being vulnerable. An increase in implementation is the key. Science has proven that if we implement all the mitigation measures, water quality will improve from an agricultural perspective.