Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 September 2025

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed)

2:00 am

Photo of Ryan O'MearaRyan O'Meara (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)
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There was a bit of discussion about agriculture. Being such an important indigenous industry, the nitrates derogation is an issue raised with me quite a lot. Has the Central Bank looked at how it could affect our productivity in agricultural output if the nitrates derogation was taken away?