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

Dr. Jenny Deakin:

Similar to the discussion we had earlier, where we have identified a water quality problem and know at national level the likely pollution sources for that problem, that gets referred on to LAWPRO, whose representatives go out and walk up the streams to figure out which farm, forestry coupe or pipe is causing the issue. They can localise the effort to figure out precisely what actions are needed to rectify the issue. Our starting point is always what is going on in the water quality.