Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Monday, 23 March 2015
Seanad Public Consultation Committee
Farm Safety: Discussion
2:00 pm
Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
We will address the questions presently. I wish to make a follow-on point to Dr. Onada. I would have thought that in modern times and in the 21st century the incidence of farmer's lung, as we call it, would have been eliminated. There has been a major shift from hay in the past 40 years, primarily to silage. A farmer may have become ill from working with hay 30 or 40 years ago, but I would have thought we would have come to the stage where farmer's lung was a thing of the past. It is concerning. Dr. Onada may wish to think about it and come back to the point in a moment. Is there someone else?
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