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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: If it showed an improvement, we would accept it. If it did not, we would say it is wrong.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I do not think that is a fair question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: Regarding forestry, is it nitrates or phosphorous that is the issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: So it is not specifically a nitrates issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Dr. Cotter. Before I call Senator Lombard, Dr. Cotter said in regard to the key findings: "There has been no significant change in the biological quality of rivers or lakes. While improvements are happening in some areas, these are being offset by declines elsewhere." What would she attribute the improvements to and where are they happening? What would she attribute the declines...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: Is there a pilot programme in the areas where the improvements are? What specific actions do the witnesses think resulted in the improvements? I am more interested in the improvements than the opposite.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: There is a serious gap in the whole system where we see an improvement in water quality but we are not able to ascertain the reason for that improvement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: Dr. Cotter may come back to the committee about that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: We are not questioning that. I just wanted to express the frustration that is there. I want to go back to forestry for a minute. It was said that forestry is the third biggest contributor. When land is planted, the gate is closed for the next 20 years and no on goes near it. Is there something that can be done by Coillte or by private landowners to stop this? It is not coming from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: When Dr. Deakin says activity, that means clearfelling or tilling. That applies to a very small percentage of forestry in any one year, and still it is the third highest contributor. It is hard to align that with the fact it is only when activity is taking place. When there is heavy rainfall, water comes off forest land much more quickly than it would come off grassland. Does that have an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I will ask one more question. When we talk about free draining soils, we have forestry split. Can this be divided between the other farm enterprises, dairy and tillage specifically, in respect of what proportion of the nitrates would be attributed to each sector? We see a problem in the areas where we have a high level of tillage or nitrates, and that is where there is a blackspot. Can we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: We have a figure for forestry that it is the third highest contributor. We do not have that figure for tillage or dairy as regards-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: Could that information be made available to us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I call Senator Daly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: Deputy Mythen would like to ask a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I will let Deputy Danny Healy-Rae ask a question or two, but then there is going to be a vote in the House.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: There is frustration for farmers. There is significant investment going into farms to try to improve water quality. There are many different recommendations being put in place for compliance, etc., to try to improve soil water, to stop roadways, moving water tanks, etc. There is also protected urea. There are 31 in total that derogation farmers must adhere to. It is frustrating to see a...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: Food security has become a dirty word. One of the cornerstones on which the EU was founded was food security. We have become too comfortable in our existence within the EU. Our ability to produce sustainable food is being sidelined. Migration is a hugely important subject. Many issues are being raised by migration to this country and into the EU. One of the principal reasons people are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of all-terrain vehicles/quad bikes, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30028/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of people who have undertaken the mandated health and safety course, by county, since the introduction of the Sustainable Use Directive governing the application of pesticides; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30025/24]