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)
Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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I am not even talking about the closed period. I am talking about circumstances where a farmer do not do something by the letter. Contractors have to keep their distance from streams and do everything right. There could be a host of farmers up the way who are on derogations and doing everything 100% right. Derogation is the game in town at the moment but if someone who is not on derogation does something stupid, that could affect the whole catchment area. Would that be fair to say?