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)
Dr. Elaine McGoff:
I am just looking at the sources of nitrogen as opposed to the land use in the catchment. In the case of the sources of nitrogen in the Slaney and the Barrow, 60% of the nitrate is coming from pasture, just short of 30% is from arable and there are small quantities from urban wastewater and other.