Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We must not forget the Leader of the Seanad, Senator Maurice Cummins, who ran with the ball Senator Conway presented in the House and said the committee should look at this. If he had not accepted Senator Conway's suggestion, it might not have happened.

I believe it is a very important day's work and I hope something good will come out of it. I apologise to Mr. Murphy. It was remiss of me not to allow him to answer the queries, one of which I raised myself. None the less it was a good day's work. I thank all who contributed and all of the staff who helped. The House does not usually sit on a Monday and it can sometimes take a pretty extraordinary effort to get politicians here on a Monday because they usually have other work to do in their constituencies. I appreciate the support from all angles to make this day, hopefully, a progression in the right direction for the whole area of farm safety. We cannot applaud enough the voluntary groups and all the organisations which have great concern and interest in this whole area. It is the coming together of various interested groups and joined-up thinking that will, hopefully, improve our record in order that we may, in ten years time, be seen as the best in Europe rather than lagging behind.