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)
Tim Lombard (Fine Gael)
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Regarding the Timoleague catchment, which is very close to my home, there have been dramatic changes in the stocking density over recent years. The year 2018 was a blip becuase of climate issues and advice. It is amazing what they learned very quickly. It has proven something different, however, regarding good farming practices and the quality of testing. Is there an issue with how the EPA tester boils water? If one regime in the catchments is testing every ten minutes and another regime is testing every four weeks, is that a failure within the EPA regarding its testing regimes?