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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I note Dr. Cotter said the EPA goes by science. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I saw the EPA going to court stating, with regard to peat bogs, that the whole bog was hydrologically connected. As Dr. Cotter is aware, when a case was brought in the past few weeks and the EPA was asked for the evidence and science of it, it had none to produce even though the EPA believes in science. An ordinary person had to spend large amounts of money to show hydrologically and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: But Dr. Cotter stated several times-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The reason the EPA had-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: First of all, the problem is that the others unfortunately might not have had the large amounts of money that people are required to have in their arse pocket to spend on the science, hydrologically and ecologically, when they go into court to show what is needed. We did it on a private capacity with the national parks and it has been well verified and peer reviewed that they are not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Are all those monitored?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: When Dr. Deakin says the EPA is monitoring them, how often every year are samples taken of those 2,800?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: How many rivers are tested monthly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: No. Just tell me how many are done monthly. That is all I want to know. What is the figure again? Is it 3,200 or-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What is the reason the other 300 are not monitored? Can Dr. Deakin explain that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: How many did Dr. Deakin say were monitored monthly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I will ask Dr. Deakin to explain this to me because I want to get my head around it. Is it fair to say that the EPA puts the 179 river water bodies into what we will call tier 1? For what are they monitored 12 times a year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is there then a three-year test?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: That relates to the 179 water bodies. Will Dr. Deakin tell me about the other 2,721?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is that for the 2,700?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Some 2,400 are monitored.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: To put it simply for people who are listening in, are 2,429 rivers monitored?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It is just so people know because the term "water bodies" might put them off. Is it approximately 800 that are not monitored?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is it fair to say that 179 of those are priority?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Are they done monthly and three-yearly?