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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

QUESTION NO. 8

QUESTION: Councillor Eoin Ó Broin

"Question 11 at the South Dublin County Council meeting of 9th December 2019 elicited the response that 6 inspections had been carried out in 2019 in the Clondalkin Local Electoral Area under the Nitrates Directive and the Nitrates Action Programme (NAP). To ask the Chief Executive to present the general findings of these inspections in terms of the level of compliance found."

REPLY:

One farm required improvement to dung storage facilities, and one was required to remove dung from open storage in a field.

One farm had minor non-compliances and was dealt with as low risk under the Circular WQ 01/18 Nitrates Progressive Inspection Protocol for L.A Inspections.

Three farms which were fully compliant.

All farms are now compliant and all farmers were co-operative and help to Council staff throughout the farm assessment process.