Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 125: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will review the explanatory booklet on the nitrates directive; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that farmers consider the booklet to be unnecessarily bureaucratic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40527/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Nitrates Regulations are themselves unavoidably complex. Considerable efforts were made in the explanatory booklet to put the requirements of the Regulations in clear and straightforward terms. There are no plans to review the booklet, which has already issued to 140,000 farmers. My officials, along with Teagasc staff, are currently holding public meetings for farmers all over the country to explain the requirements of the Regulations further, and to answer individual queries.