I wish to say a few words on the points raised earlier by Senator Rónán Mullen on farm income and the Teagasc report. We are not giving nearly enough attention to this area. I read recently that the United States is concerned that it is creating jobs that will not be available in the next generation. An example given was that at the beginning of the 20th century 50% of the US workforce worked in agriculture but only 2% work in agriculture now. We must ensure that when we concentrate on creating jobs, they are jobs that are sustainable in the long term.

We have to remember - Senator Jim D'Arcy touched on this - when we talk about education that we do not talk solely about academic education. We must talk about what the Americans call STEM - science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The concentration has to be on these areas because it is technology which will enable us to have jobs in the future.

The air ambulance service is an item which has been brought up in this House in the past. There was grave doubt as to whether the service would be maintained, but the Government announced yesterday that the service is to be continued, which is good news. This is something that we have realised is important enough to ensure investment into it and the decision was made. Congratulations to the Government for agreeing to this. It is a wonderful achievement to hear that a life has been saved because the air ambulance was able to get the individual involved to hospital quickly enough.

I join my colleagues when they talk about farm incomes and the price of milk. I welcome the European Commission's decision to intervene in the price of milk. The price of milk has dropped from 40 cent a litre to 28 cent a litre. Yesterday the Commission decided it would set a floor price for intervention. This floor price is currently 21 cent a litre. It is important that it be raised closer to 28 cent or 30 cent to make sure there is an income for farmers. Since quotas were abolished farmers made huge investments in the past six to 12 months and we do not want to see their backs now put to the wall after making those investments. This is an important move by the Commission. Milk production was at its highest in June and by setting an intervention price it will make sure these farmers have an income into the future.

Quite a number of young farmers have applied to Teagasc to do a green certificate course, which is presenting some difficulties. Teagasc states it does not have enough staff to carry out the courses, but it is very important that every measure be put in place to enable those farmers to complete their course by October 2016 or the farmers will be penalised under the direct payments system. This is an issue for Teagasc to take up and make sure these young farmers get a chance to take the course.