Dr. Elaine McGoff:

And other urban runoff. May I pick up on one thing Deputy Kerrane said about how the measures farmers are putting in place are pointless? I would be at pains to say that is not the case. It is just that if you are interested only in nitrate, a lot of these would not be very effective, but things like woodlands that have great potential for biodiversity and low-emission slurry spreading are great for reducing ammonia. It is not that these measures are totally pointless. It is just that if you put on your blinkers for nitrate, they are not particularly effective.