Marie Louise O'Donnell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I do not so much have questions. I want to say to Mr. Duffy, "You are the business". He is everything the organisation could wish for, namely, an articulate young person talking about farm safety. I am sure the mantle will fall to him some day. This is exactly what the Seanad Public Consultation Committee is about; it is about bringing in new life, new thought and new ideas and marrying them with what is already there as we move forward. I compliment Mr. Duffy and Mr. O'Driscoll for the great way they discussed the whole area and for the way they brought it to life. They have created new ways to educate young people and I agree with them that unless things start in primary school they will not be relevant to people in their 20s. Not everybody has the privilege to grow up with a lot of very good mentors around them.

I congratulate Mr. Duffy. I should not say he has a future career in politics because it might not be what he wants as politics can close down a lot of creativity. I also congratulate Mizen Rovers for all they have done and for the way they have looked at the trajectory of the GAA going forward in the context of the development of farm safety. I have the privilege with RTE of spending a lot of time on farms around the country and it never ceases to amaze me how, in an instant and in any season, something can happen involving machinery when we are not paying full attention.

I thank the witnesses again. They were most informative.