Mr. Eamon Horgan:

First, I thank the Cathaoirleach and members of the committee for having us here. I thank Deputy Healy-Rae and all the other Deputies, as well as those from Leitrim social farming. For me, it would be great if we could secure an extra €100,000 to give other participants and farmers a chance to do what we are doing. We go out in the morning to do our daily work and we just take what we are doing for granted. It is just some other job and we do it. For me, the heart-touching moment was when a participant took part in a video to give different feedback to our working group and project. That girl said that if it were not for social farming, which allows her to be out in the open in the field, look after sheep and take responsibility over her roles on the farm, she would be in a dark world looking at the four walls at home. It takes her mind away and it breaks up whatever she was thinking of during the week. She knows she has a farm to go to every week, which she can look forward to. It changed her perspective.