The Taoiseach is to invite the European Commissioner for the Environment to Ireland over the ending of Ireland's nitrates derogation agreement.
Leo Varadkar will write to Virginijus Sinkevičius inviting him to meet him, Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue and a delegation from the farming sector or to meet sector representatives in Brussels.Minister for Enterprise Simon Coveney, Minister of State Martin Heydon and Fine Gael MEP Colm Markey also attended the meeting.
He emphasised to the the committee that this position was clear and the Commission said there is no possibility of reopening and renegotiating the derogation. Regulations aimed at reducing water pollution from nitrates mean that, across Europe, farmers are only allowed to produce 170kg of organic nitrogen per hectare on their farms.
The reduced limit will be in place until the end of the current nitrates agreement Ireland has with the Commission on 31 December 2025.
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