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)

Ms Ruth Hennessy:

It is a voluntary initiative with the co-operatives and it is a confidential one as well. Therefore, we do not actually get to see the farms with which they have engaged. What we can see is the engagement they have and the advice they are issuing to those farms. The ambition is to reduce the total nitrogen surplus that is building up and, therefore, reduce the risk of losses.