Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 February 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector

9:00 am

Mr. Aidan O'Driscoll:

We hope that these will have a real impact and reduce farm deaths. Being realistic, there are very few farms where these incidents happen. Getting at those few and predicting where they will be in the future is tricky. While this is an issue for the Department, it is also for a wider group and for the community. That is why I point to groups such as Embrace which can have a significant effect.