Colm Burke (Cork North-Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is important to highlight this issue, as I said, with the farming organisations but also to work with other groups in rural areas. There was a time when if you were, say, a dairy farmer, you went to the creamery and you met others at IFA meetings, Macra meetings or ICMSA meetings. However, a lot of meetings now are held on Zoom so there is not the same social contact. That is why it is important that we work together to try to provide support, making sure that people do not feel alone, that if they do have challenges, there is someone there to give them help and support. We need to do a lot of work on this over the next few months, in particular because of the price reduction in a number of areas. It is important that this support be given.

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