Amendments Nos. 59, 62 and 66 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Pursuant to Standing Order 154, it is reported to the Seanad that the Title has been amended.

When is it proposed to take the next Stage?

Is that agreed? Agreed.

When is it proposed to sit again?

I welcome the Minister and I also welcome and acknowledge the O’Farrell family. I compliment Senator Doherty for organising to have the O’Farrell family in for the briefing in the audiovisual room last week. While I am very familiar with this case, I was struck hearing it all again and being taken through all the instances and pitfalls that were evident before the ending. If people were to see it on Netflix, they would not believe it to be true. They would think it is fiction. There was a tragic ending on 2 August …

I also welcome the Minister. I compliment Senator Boylan. We are both on the Joint Oireachtas of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, which has put a great deal of work into this Bill. Those of us who are rural farmers probably prioritise the livestock and crop side of things more whereas Senator Boylan has led from the front on dogs and animal welfare. She initiated a number of our hearings, which resulted in a good report that was published in 2022 and is available for anyone to read. I compliment the Senator on bri…

I welcome the Minister to the Chamber.

I thank the Minister for an excellent opening statement. Lead spokespersons will have eight minutes and everyone else will have five. I call Senator O'Loughlin.

Rules are rules, Senator.

As there are no more contributors I call on the Minister to reply and the good news is that she has until 7 o'clock.

I welcome the Taoiseach to the House and thank Senator Ardagh for sharing her time, although it may not be on a 50-50 basis. I am the spokesperson for agriculture in my party and my colleague on the Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine spoke about agriculture so I will not rehash the areas he mentioned but one that needs serious attention is the whole forestry sector. There is a new forestry programme, which looks good on paper, but if you look at the figures of what planting is going on at the moment, it …

I thank the Senator and the Minister of State. She is going for the hat-trick and remaining with us. Senator McGreehan is next.

I thank the Minister of State. The Senator has one minute for a supplementary question.

I wish to be associated with the words of the Cathaoirleach on the passing of our former colleague, Brendan Daly. I extend my sympathies and condolences to the Daly family and to the Briscoe family on the death of former Deputy and Lord Mayor, Ben Briscoe. It would be remiss of me to allow the opportunity to pass without mentioning the horrific scenes that everybody witnessed last night on the “RTÉ Investigates” programme. As a farmer myself, and as somebody who was selected here on the Agricultural Panel and who s…

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The Minister thanked almost everyone under the sun, but I suppose modesty would not allow him to thank or compliment himself. However, before we wrap up, it is important to say that he is due strong compliments and much thanks for getting this Bill over the line. A lot of work was done in the Department and the Parliament. I know, because the Minister and I were spokespeople in the Opposition in the previous Dáil and Seanad, that this was the Minister's brainchild. He promoted it strongly. As I said, before we got …

At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.

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