Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion
Mr. John Enright:
The first point is that if they are telling farmers, they should also be telling Irish Water. In certain cases, it is not due to the agricultural sector. Other sectors could be responsible. The critical issue is - and certainly more real time data would help - that we identify the source of the problem. It may not be the agricultural sector; it may be other sectors.
Certainly, it would help if there were more real-time data and maybe a bit more visibility around when the samples are taken, the frequency of sampling and, as Mr. Drennan and other colleagues here have mentioned, the impact of weather on sampling. There needs to be more transparency and visibility around that.