Mr. Michael Spellman:

I was responding to Deputy Eamon Ryan, who mentioned this earlier. I agreed with him as I think it would be helpful because we will find it difficult to confront some of the changes that are taking place and the issues we must confront in the medium to long term. For this reason it might be a good time to have a national conversation or a national forum on the future of agriculture, remembering that we are an agricultural country, no matter how we look at it. I think it would be worthwhile exploring that initiative.