Mr. Michael Horgan:

Unfortunately, that applies to every accident, but especially within agriculture. We have engaged with the insurance companies and the farming bodies. This difficult issue relates to the culture of farming, in that a farm is a home as well as land that has been in a family's hands for a long time. The concept of it being a workplace is the bit that needs to be driven home to everyone. As the Deputy stated, the accidents in question occurred because someone did not stop to think for a second or two about the risks on the farmyard or associated with the machinery being used. Agriculture is our prime focus currently, as it accounts for the single largest number of fatalities by far.