Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food

Social Farming: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Eamon Horgan:

I suppose I was coming to that. I saw this girl collect a youngster of mine from school, bring him home and do his lessons with him. They have disabilities through no fault of their own, but what opened my eyes was their ability to do a job.

I had another participant another day and when he realised he could do what he had done from a one-to-one between the participant and the farmer, he turned to me as I was driving him home and he said, "God, there is nothing wrong with me." He did not realise that he had those skills or little gifts to do his own jobs, and that is so important. If I ever remember the things I have done in my life, and I have many pleasant memories, social farming and working and interacting with them will be up there.

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