Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Thank you. That concludes our work for the day. On behalf of the Seanad Public Consultation Committee, I thank all those who have contributed to today's meeting. I believe it has been a very valuable exercise for us all and we have heard a wide range of experience and opinion from various groups. Full account will be taken of today's discussions when the draft report is being prepared and copied, and the final report will be sent to all contributors.

Before I adjourn the committee, I thank our secretariat and the clerk, Mr. Martin Groves, for all the effort they have put into it. Seeing as we are on the Martins, we should also give a special word of praise to Senator Martin Conway who recommended to our committee that we should take this issue on board. We will have to keep thanking the Martins, so my thanks to Senator Conway.

The committee will have a good bit of work to do to pull all of this together and to produce a report that will, in some way, help in this direction. We do not expect to have all the answers but, as a result of today's session, perhaps we can take some small step towards improving farm safety and even saving someone's life. Many thanks to all concerned, including my Seanad colleagues, for turning up today. Most of the committee were present, bar two members who were unfortunately absent. It has been a very worthwhile exercise for us and I have learned a lot from it.