Minister asks nitrates stakeholders for views to take to commission
The minister has asked stakeholders impacted by the likely reduction of the nitrates derogation for their views on potential "flexibilities".
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The minister has asked stakeholders impacted by the likely reduction of the nitrates derogation for their views on potential "flexibilities".
The EPA water quality report which was required by the European Commission under the Nitrates Directive has not been independently reviewed.
Farmers in the county and the wider south-east region will gather at Kilkenny Mart on Friday evening.
EPA representatives will appear at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine tomorrow.
The recent protest comes on foot of a report courtesy of the Environmental Protection Agency highlighting the high levels of nitrates in groundwater ...