Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

These reports reflect all of FBD Insurance. Nothing goes in and out apart from that activity. Very well.

I refer to farm accidents and the tragedy of farm fatalities. The number of fatalities was 17 last year, down from 24 in 2017. That is a very large number of people dying on farms, which is an awful tragedy. There are many more accidents that do not involve fatalities but do involve serious injuries. What is the overall picture? What is the trend concerning farm safety and the number of accidents on Irish farms? Is the trend going in the right direction? With all the work that the Health and Safety Authority, insurers like FBD Insurance and farm organisations are doing to raise the profile of farm safety, is progress being made? Those figures are still worrying.