Three-year extension of nitrates derogation expected

'Actually shocking': Three-year extension to controversial nitrates derogation secured

An Taisce said the decision is 'shocking', and, in response, Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon invited them to go out to a derogation farm with him.

Ireland secures a three-year extension to its nitrates derogation

Additional requirements imposed on farmers in the Slaney, Barrow, Nore and Blackwater river catchments.

Ireland has secured a three-year extension to the Nitrates Derogation

Ireland has secured a three-year extension to the Nitrates Derogation, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, announced today. The announcement follows a positive vote in favour of Ireland’s request at the EU Nitrates Committee meeting in Brussels.

Irish farmers’ nitrates derogation extended by EU for further three years

Extension of exemption follows extensive lobbying by Government in Brussels

Three-year extension of nitrates derogation expected

A reduction in chemical nitrogen allowances, and increased buffer zones around rivers are understood to be some of the new conditions attached to an extension of Ireland's nitrates derogation.

Minister Heydon on Ireland’s derogation extension

Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon speaks to Agriland on the confirmation of Ireland’s nitrates derogation for a further three years Credit to : Agriland The post Minister Heydon on Ireland’s derogation extension first appeared on The Irish Channel - The Best of everything Irish 🇮🇪.