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

Photo of Michael FitzmauriceMichael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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The west would have a high percentage of forestry. I see the EPA has done a chart on the pressures and it looks at it nationally. Leitrim is down as being high in phosphorous. Is that down to forestry because a huge percentage of the county is forestry?