We are constantly harangued on the Opposition side by Members on the Government side about the bad decisions Fianna Fáil made. I joined Fianna Fáil because the people in it, from Lemass on, were pragmatic doers. In 2001, the then Minister for Agriculture and Food, Mr. Joe Walsh, single-handedly prevented foot and mouth disease from spreading in Ireland. Every morning he held crisis meetings and put plans in place which were implemented on a daily basis. The current Minister is a bit wet behind the ears on how to achieve anything other than PR.

That is another personal attack.

That is unparliamentary language. It is not a fair remark to make about a Minister.

I have heard Senators call for meetings.

Does the Senator have a question for the Deputy Leader?

We need the Minister to lead from the front and deal with the crisis in agriculture. On Sunday, I had the pleasure of going to Moneygall, outside which the sign I achieved in getting erected said it was the ancestral home of President Obama. It was put up last week. All the animals in the field beside the sign ran towards us because they thought they were going to be fed. They were hungry. We need the Minister to lead from the front like a military general to solve the problem. We must think of the pain of the lambs, sheep and cows that are hungry. It is terrible.

Unfortunately, generals tend to lead from the back.