Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is all very positive. The best thing I can do in relation to this is to look for a written submission on where they believe further streamlining can be done. I would like to think the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, the senior Minister and the Department would be willing to look at this, where it is possible. That is accepting there are people who have huge issues around some of the barriers. I was at the recent AGM of the Louth Irish Farmers' Association, IFA. Tim Cullinan was there and he said that we must be clear that even if these regulations were not coming, the outside market would require some of them. That is the trajectory we are on. In fairness to the IFA, there is an acceptance of that among many farmers. I will put the question again to the Minister of State about farmers' worries about land use, the nitrates directive, and what the possibilities are, while accepting that we all need to ensure cleaner water as well as other things.

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