Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the chairman of the committee, Senator Denis O'Donovan, the rapporteur, Senator Martin Conway, and all the other members. I thank all of those who made written submissions and who attended for the oral hearings. The submissions that were made here on the day were very informative. It was a productive day and the report is a very good one which reflects what was said at the oral hearings. Education is obviously the key and quite a number of recommendations have been made in that regard. I hope they will be acted on. Neither the Minister nor Minister of State was able to attend the hearings. They were away and had apologised but we have seen from his work that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, is very interested in and proactive on farm safety. We look forward to his comments in that regard. The Seanad did a good day's work in producing this report. Let us hope we have the necessary action as a result. One life is too many to lose in a farm accident. Unfortunately, we have lost many more than that. Let us hope our work will help in some small way to bring light to people and inform them of the difficulties and dangers that exist for farm families and on every farm in the country.