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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

...to respond to four of those. Currently, 54% of more than 4,800 water bodies are achieving their environmental objective of at least good status, but 46% are not, according to Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, monitoring. We urgently need to demonstrate improvements in water quality where our water bodies are not achieving at least good status and ensure there is no deterioration in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

...and climate action in Inland Fisheries Ireland. Inland Fisheries Ireland is the statutory authority tasked under section 7(1) of the Inland Fisheries Act 2010, with responsibility for the protection, management and conservation of the inland fisheries resource and is one of Ireland’s core environmental agencies. Ireland has approximately 74,000 km of rivers and streams, 12,200...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

.... Increased awareness-raising and advice on water quality as well as increased compliance and enforcement activity would be critical. Question 4 asked "Is the Nitrates Action Programme fit for purpose in protecting Ireland’s water quality?" The programme is fit for purpose in principle but there are challenges to effective implementation that need to be addressed potentially...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Ms Ruth Hennessy: I will answer some of the Deputy's questions about building on the information we have from the likes of the EPA models and the data that is there. LAWPRO was established specifically to answer the questions he is asking about trying to understand what is causing those water quality declines in particular catchments, whether it is agriculture or wastewater treatment, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

...to appear to discuss compliance with the nitrates directive and the implications for Ireland. LAWPRO is a national shared service which works on behalf of Ireland’s 31 local authorities to protect and restore good water quality in our rivers, lakes, estuaries, ground, and coastal water. We are funded by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide support in...