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

Dr. Daire Ó hUallacháin:

Can I just reply there? I said I am unfamiliar with the river in question. I stand by the fact, as I said at the time, that while you may increase the flow, you can damage the habitat by dredging. You can impact the insects that are in that habitat, and insects are one of the indicators that are used by the EPA.