Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2023-09-20
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Simon Coveney (FG), Cork South-Central

If people want to laugh at the impact that changes in the nitrates derogation is having on farmers, good luck to you. The Irish Farmers Association leadership made a reasonable ask of the Taoiseach last Friday. It said that before any decisions were made by the European Commission, it would like to meet, face to face, in Ireland with the key decision maker on the nitrates derogation. The Taoiseach has said that he will facilitate that meeting and he will, supported by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, who was part of that discussion.

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Sitting date: 2023-09-20