John Paul Phelan (Fine Gael)

I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Sargent. In fairness to him, he has probably been the best Minister at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in my seven years in the Oireachtas, which is a fairly shocking indictment of where Fianna Fáil stands on agriculture. He has put in a great effort over his two years in the Department and I hope he can do more in whatever limited time he might have left in Government.