Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 September 2022
584. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 346 of 6 July 2022, the number of farmers availing of the nitrates derogation; the total number of cattle in the herds of those farmers; the total hectarage on which basic payment was claimed, that is grassland per county in 2020, in tabular form. [46638/22]
View answerUnder S.I. 113 of 2022, the European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Waters) Regulations 2022, the amount of livestock manure applied in any year to land on a holding, together with that deposited to land by livestock, shall not exceed 170kg of nitrogen per hectare, or the limit of 250kg of nitrogen per hectare for those who hold an approved Nitrates Derogation.
Farmers who wish to farm to the higher limit of 250kg of nitrogen per hectare are subject to additional conditions.
The attached Table is based on Nitrates Derogation applications in 2020. These applicants had the opportunity to avail of the higher limit of 250kg of livestock manure nitrogen per hectare in 2020 subject to compliance with the terms and conditions applicable to the Nitrates Derogation in 2020.
