Water Quality and Agriculture

This plan pulls together all the significant work done to date by the Agriculture Water Quality Working Group (WQG), the additional measures under the Nitrates Action Programme (NAP) and the on-going projects that will help Ireland to improve water quality and secure the derogation.

• Water and Agriculture - a collaborative approach

• Meeting Minutes 05/11/2025
• Meeting Minutes 30/07/2025
• Meeting Minutes 14/07/2025
• Meeting Minutes 07/07/2025
• Meeting Minutes 28/02/2025
• Meeting Minutes 21/02/2025
• Meeting Minutes 06/02/2025
• Meeting Minutes 15/01/2025
• Meeting Minutes 06/11/2024
• Meeting Minutes 17/10/2024
• Meeting Minutes 03/10/2024
• Meeting Minutes 16/09/2024
• Meeting Minutes 28/08/2024
• Meeting Minutes 03/05/2024
• Meeting Minutes 29/02/2024
• Meeting Minutes 29/01/2024
• Meeting Minutes 15/01/2024
• Meeting Minutes 20/12/2023
• Meeting Minutes 15/12/2023
• Meeting Minutes 05/12/2023
• Meeting Minutes 23/11/2023
• Meeting Minutes 17/11/2023
• Meeting Minutes 29/09/2023
• Meeting Minutes 27/09/2023
• Meeting Minutes 28/08/2023
• Meeting Minutes 18/07/2023
• Meeting Minutes 29/06/2023
• Water Quality Monitoring Report on Nitrogen and Phosphorus Concentration in Irish Waters 2022
• Terms of Reference
• Meeting Minutes 19/06/2023
• Meeting Minutes 29/05/2023

Legislation

The 2025 Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) for protection of waters Regulations are in force since 1 January 2026:

S.I. No. 588/2025 - European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2025

The 2022 GAP regulations are no longer in force, but can still be found on www.irishstatutebook.ie and they are as follows:

S.I. 716/2022 - European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

S.I. 62/2023- European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

S.I. No. 393/2022 – European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2022

S.I. No. 113/2022 - European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2022 (irishstatutebook.ie)