Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed)
5:30 pm
Mr. Patrick Byrne:
No. As I said earlier, 27 is the latest number I have. That number of water bodies that are identified as at pressure primarily from agriculture has dictated where the inspectors have been assigned. They have been assigned across the whole country across all local authorities. Obviously, there are slightly more of them in some of the bigger counties or counties with higher numbers of at risk water bodies.