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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: I agree.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: However, there is a difference in that respect.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Why?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: The question is why.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: I am not being rude. Please do not take me as being rude, but the EPA is the body and entity in this case. Dr. Cotter stated previously she would like to get to the bottom of it, which I believe was her terminology an hour ago. Farmers have visited this catchment area. They have done farm works there. They have watched the technology that is being used on these farms. It has to be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Can Dr. Cotter see the frustration within the industry when they see the results of good farming practice that show a reduction in nitrogen, which we are all striving for, and for some reason they are not taken into consideration?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Dr. Cotter made a statement that she can see the changes brought about by technology coming in a 12-month period. In other words, Dr. Cotter thinks the 12-month testing period is appropriate. My brother is an analytical chemist and he was on the phone to me straight away about this. It is a very unusual statement. Does Dr. Cotter believe a better or longer timeline is required, or is 12...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Under the advice that was given at the time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Let us take a very low figure. Is Dr. Cotter saying that if we were to reduce nitrogen to 170 mg/l tomorrow morning, in 12 months' time we would see all the waterways in Ireland clear?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: If we were to reduce nitrogen to 170 mg/l tomorrow morning across the board would we see a dramatic improvement in our entire waterways system in Ireland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: If it is not then, what happens? It is probably the statement of the session, if not the day, that if we were to change our entire farming practice, in 12 months we would see an increase in water quality. I am trying to tease out that statement. I want to know the data behind it and if they have been looked at. I want to know where does the figure of 12 months come from because it is a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Yes, 12 months.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Am I right in saying that there is 14 tonnes of nitrogen in the soil?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Am I right in saying that there are 14 tonnes of gathered nitrogen in the soil? We are just moving a small amount of nitrogen when it comes naturally, the daily routine of soil.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Okay. My point is about the 12 months. Significant changes, like banding, have come on board. The spreading of slurry has changed dramatically. These are all significant changes. The farming community has moved so fast, so quickly. I believe that 12-month period is not appropriate but maybe I am wrong. Maybe there is significant evidence to prove it. If there is significant evidence,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Has a paper been done on that? Is there information that we can get as a committee to help us?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Regarding the increase or decrease per year, what are the parameters required per year? What is the ideal that we are looking for? Is it 0.1% or 0.2%? What is the variant?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: I am referring to water quality.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: What is the trend? What is the decrease or increase in the trend? What is the percentage, going up and down? Is it 0.1% or 0.2%? Where does it fall?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Will Dr. Deakin explain for the record the first national graph from 2010 to 2022?