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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Jackie Cahill: I will let Senator Daly in again later but I have gone over time and we will be coming back to this again before the session finishes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Jackie Cahill: Deputy Fitzmaurice has brought up two important issues but we are here to discuss nitrates and water quality.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Jackie Cahill: I would rather deal with nitrates and water quality and at the end of the meeting the Minister might address the other questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Jackie Cahill: The Minister might deal with transport at the end of the meeting because it has been raised by a good few members. Deputy Fitzmaurice also raised the issue of payment dates. We will stick to nitrates and water quality and when we get to the end of the meeting the Minister might deal with them. I know there is something the Minister wants to attend to in the meeting also. We might just...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Jackie Cahill: This is Deputy Kerrane's slot.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Jackie Cahill: I thank the Minister. A break has been requested so we will break for ten minutes and Deputy Collins will be the next speaker when we resume.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Jackie Cahill: Deputy Michael Collins is next. He is on mute. We cannot hear him. We will go to Deputy Matthews and I will come back to Deputy Collins.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Jackie Cahill: I call Deputy Michael Collins. We still cannot hear him.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Jackie Cahill: As we are not hearing Deputy Michael Collins, I call Deputy McNamara.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Jackie Cahill: When you see County Leitrim, which has very low stocking rates, on the red map you have to question where that water pollution is coming from. It is definitely not coming from organic nitrogen anyway. Senator Lombard has ten minutes this time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Jackie Cahill: The Minister might send that information to all members of the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Jackie Cahill: Is designated land the same?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Jackie Cahill: Only commonage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Jackie Cahill: We would welcome a paper but Mr. Callanan needs to come here with it because it will take digesting here. As Senator Daly says, we find it very hard to comprehend how we can halve the value for slurry and not have an impact on other parts of this equation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Jackie Cahill: I will come back to the Deputy in a second. I call Deputy Kerrane.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Jackie Cahill: There could be tax implications for fellows as regards their stocking levels as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Jackie Cahill: Anyone else?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Jackie Cahill: I thank the Minister and his officials for coming in this morning. The Dáil is still not in session, so we appreciate it. I do not argue with the point he made that he got the best possible outcome but it does not disguise that it is a bad outcome for the country. It will impact our ability to process efficiently and pay a competitive milk price and it will have a severe impact on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Jackie Cahill: Apologies have been received from Deputy Kehoe. Deputy Martin Browne will be substituting for Deputy Mythen. Before we begin, I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones. I bring to the attention of witnesses that when giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts, they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the committee....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Jackie Cahill: Before I open the floor to questions from members, I will say that this is an extremely important report. It will be the basis for decisions that will be made as regards the agriculture industry. The compiling of the report, the way the statistics have been put together and the interpretation of those statistics will be extremely important. I have read the report. We are often guilty of...