Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

You will find them. We have a saying down our way: "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." I wish to wrap up this tranche now. I am encouraged by Mr. Patrick Duffy's presentation. If farming attitudes are to change, young people like him are the ideal role models. We are here to listen but if he and his peers at that age can reflect positive thinking on farm safety, the next generation will have a lot less to fear than we had.

I am also encouraged by Mr. Connie O'Driscoll and Mr. Tim Sheehan, my friends from close to home, and the way in which they have an integrated approach to their community. Apart from farm safety, they also touched on the mental health of their players, which is hugely important. Have they ever considered creating a model farm, if possible, in order that people could visit and see how to do things?

More than many other clubs, Mizen Rovers suffers from emigration. It is 80 miles from Cork city, so emigration is an ongoing problem. I was also encouraged by the fact that the members took it upon themselves to visit the centre near Bantry where that woman began training farmers. One can learn to drive tractors there and it is one of the first such places in Ireland. It is encouraging that a community as remote as theirs is represented here today to make a presentation to this committee. Theirs is a really rural community, so I acknowledge the fact that they have come here to comment on farm safety.

I will let Mr. O'Driscoll or Mr. Sheehan have the last word. In the final minute or two they can wrap up on what I and Senator Mary Ann O'Brien have said.