Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Oonagh Duggan:
As I said in our statement, we are very concerned about the decline in water quality and the status of the water bodies. There are many birds, as well as people, that rely on that water. It is critical. The blunt nature of the measure that was put in without any assessment or mitigation of the impacts in a wider context needs to be looked at. There could be-----