Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food
Nitrates Derogation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
2:00 am
Mr. Bill Callanan:
The caution I have is that a number of the questions the Deputy is asking are more relevant to the EPA, which is responsible for the reporting. However, we can draw attention to what is in the reports that have been published. More recently, the EPA has moved towards that six-month timeframe indicative reporting on foot of requests for more timely reporting. That is what has prompted that change. That has only happened in the past couple of years. Last year and this year were the first years that had those six-month reports.
Are the rivers identified? Yes, they are, and they are right around the country. The question of the frequency of sampling is more detailed. Does Dr. Ó hUallacháin wish to come in?