Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 March 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. Marie Archbold:

In such cases, that is where LAWPRO and ASSAP come in. Obviously, there would be an inspection. If there is some non-compliance, the inspection programme would come in and catch that. If there is no non-compliance or enforcement issue, LAWPRO, ASSAP and now the farming for water EIP would come in on the advisory side to help address issues there. We would come at it both ways, depending on the issue and what was causing it.

The Deputy referred to spreading slurry outside the closed period. Obviously, that is a compliance issue.