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Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Farm Safety: Discussion (23 Mar 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome Mr. Patrick Duffy who has travelled from the opposite direction, from Ballybay, County Monaghan. Patrick is 16 years old and he works regularly on his father's and uncle's farms. He has conducted research on farm safety for a school project that has designed a farm safety board game which he has sent to the committee and which will be circulated. I invite Patrick to make his...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Farm Safety: Discussion (23 Mar 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: Mr. Duffy was the seventh person to make a presentation to the committee but the first to finish right on time. He must have a stop watch.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Farm Safety: Discussion (23 Mar 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell was listening very intently and taking copious notes so I am sure she has very good questions.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Farm Safety: Discussion (23 Mar 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: They are very welcome to go down to Goleen, Mizen or Barley Cove.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Farm Safety: Discussion (23 Mar 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: I ask contributors to be brief in their questions and answers. If there are comments in favour of what has been said, they should be taken on board as positive. A number of questions have been asked, including by the Leader of the Seanad, Senator Maurice Cummins, and Senators O'Donnell and Conway. I will allow the delegates answer the questions asked to them and we will then move on...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Farm Safety: Discussion (23 Mar 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: Mr. Connie O'Driscoll has some questions to answer.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Farm Safety: Discussion (23 Mar 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: By "Frank", does Mr. Tim Sheehan mean Mr. Frank Murphy of the Cork GAA county board?

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Farm Safety: Discussion (23 Mar 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: Senator Mary Ann O'Brien wished to ask a question, and I will also have a question to conclude this tranche.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Farm Safety: Discussion (23 Mar 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: I think he would be lost in politics.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Farm Safety: Discussion (23 Mar 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: You will find them. We have a saying down our way: "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." I wish to wrap up this tranche now. I am encouraged by Mr. Patrick Duffy's presentation. If farming attitudes are to change, young people like him are the ideal role models. We are here to listen but if he and his peers at that age can reflect positive thinking on farm safety, the next...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Farm Safety: Discussion (23 Mar 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: He could be any kind of a bull.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Farm Safety: Discussion (23 Mar 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: On behalf of the committee, I thank the delegations for their enlightening submissions. All their points will be taken on board and will be included when Senator Martin Conway, the rapporteur, will do our final report. It is hoped we will be able to invite the delegations to its launch in May.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Farm Safety: Discussion (23 Mar 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: The committee will now hear presentations from a number of contributors with their roots in rural and farming communities and families. Embrace FARM, or farming accidents - remembered and missed, was founded in 2014 by Mr. Brian Rohan whose father, Liam, died as a result of an accident on his farm in County Laois in 2012. The organisation was established to provide bereavement support to...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Farm Safety: Discussion (23 Mar 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: We will move on to Mr. Seamus Boland and Mr. Vincent Nally of Irish Rural Link.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Farm Safety: Discussion (23 Mar 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: Sometimes I can get confused, even as Leas-Chathaoirleach of the Seanad. We have just had questions and comments from Senator Rónán Mullen and now I am calling on Senator Michael Mullins. They might be related.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Farm Safety: Discussion (23 Mar 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: The purpose of Senators being here today is to ask questions of our visitors, not to make prolonged statements. We are nine minutes into this segment and four questions have been asked. We will go straight to the answers now because ---

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Farm Safety: Discussion (23 Mar 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: That is understandable but the witnesses know to whom you were referring. We will now move on to getting answers to the questions that were asked and move away from the glorious commentaries, saying that the witnesses are great people and so forth because I said all that at the start. I would be interested, if possible, to hear a brief account from Peter of how his accident occurred.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Farm Safety: Discussion (23 Mar 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: I invite the other witnesses to pick up on the questions posed by Senators.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Farm Safety: Discussion (23 Mar 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: I have two brief questions. A couple of speakers referred to progress in terms of dealing with gases emitted by slurry tanks. A system is being developed by an engineering company to extract the poisonous gases from the slurry tank which would prevent a farmer or his son inhaling them. That would prevent people collapsing and falling into slurry pits, which unfortunately happens too...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Farm Safety: Discussion (23 Mar 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: One thing that troubles me is that it is not that long ago since €1.3 billion was spent on farm pollution control, which is a substantial figure. Slurry deaths are relatively new, although they were happening 20 years ago. All this investment - €1.3 billion - has been put into farms in the current economic climate, but that scheme was not dreamed of. I think the grant was...