Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I wish to make one observation. Many people involved in farming wish they had written things down and they might have a lot more answers and would not have had to set up Con Lucey's committee to figure what on earth is going on. We must reform administration and change the way business is done. The way of operating which obtains is just not good enough in this day and age. I will not press the amendment because this matter is bigger than the environment, it is what is wrong with Ireland in so many ways. I will not take my anger out on one Minister of State who broadly agrees with me. If, however, we were debating with the Taoiseach a motion on the reform of the wider public service, then what I have proposed would have to be accepted, namely, that this way of doing business - whether in the farming sector or elsewhere - cannot be allowed to continue. Writing is a skill that was invented many thousands of years ago and some people have to grow up and start to use it and stop hiding behind this section.