Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)
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Question 254: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he proposes to take to implement the nitrates directive particularly in the catchment areas of such water bodies as Lough Corrib and Lough Carra in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21650/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Ireland's national nitrates action programme will be introduced on 1 January 2006 and will apply in all areas. The programme will provide for a range of measures differentiated by zone to protect waters against pollution by nitrates from agricultural sources and will include measures such as set periods when land application of fertilisers is prohibited, limits on the land application of fertilisers, livestock manure storage requirements and monitoring of the effectiveness of measures.