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The deadline for submissions to the public consultation on Ireland's nitrates derogation has been extended by two weeks to 24 May.
Almost 7,000 intensively stocked farmers with an agricultural area of 466,000ha availed of the derogation in 2018 with this being a marked increase in both the area and the number farming under derogation since 2014.
An expert review group has been convened to consider all submissions received during public consultation and will present its findings to both the Minister for Agriculture and the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government.
A copy of the consultation document is available on the Department's website .
Completed submissions can be sent by e-mail to DerogationReview@agriculture.gov.ie or by post to Derogation Review, Nitrates Biodiversity and Engineering, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Johnstown Castle, Co Wexford, Y35 PN52. There is also a helpline in relation to the review at 053-9163444
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