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 Bernie Connolly:

I do not know. That is not the case from my Coastwatch testing. We would really have to look at the eutrophication in the bay area in those areas.

One issue that has not arisen is that sometimes it is more on a case-by-case basis. We have to deal not only with soil types, as was mentioned, but with the whole topography. The topography in that area is difficult but an awful lot is coming into the estuaries there that-----