I would like to raise the issue of funding for the various community healthcare organisations, CHOs. I would like us to ask the Minister for Health to come before the House to have a debate on this. I myself live in CHO 8, which includes Laois, Offaly, Longford, Westmeath, Louth and Meath. Recently I have constantly been told there is not enough funding for CHO 8 and that it has less funding than other CHOs. I would like to know how this funding is determined and worked out. I acknowledge there is no additional money for disability services. I know of a case of a young man with a disability who is in an acute bed in Tullamore hospital.

They say that this is costing approximately €1,000 per day. I know there is a service elsewhere available for that chap for about €110,000 per year but the funding is not there. There is something fundamentally wrong if we can pay €1,000 per day on one side but cannot pay €110,000 per year on the other side. How is this all determined? It is appropriate that we ask the Minister for Health to come to the House to debate the issue with, explain it to us and hear from the different CHOs about how it is affecting our constituents.

We all know well that the life of a farmer is a tough one. Farmers work long hours, many work seven days a week, and much of that time is spent working on their own. The HSE recently conducted a survey, on which I compliment it, on farmers' health generally. It conducted a pilot scheme in livestock marts throughout the country. The findings are very worrying. Farmers are more inclined to suffer from stress, social exclusion and isolation. They are also more susceptible to cancer and heart conditions. Clearly, there is help available but, unfortunately, many farmers are unaware of it. It would be very worthwhile to ask the Minister for Health and, at some future point, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to come to the House to debate this subject. It is very worrying that the farming community and farmers are susceptible to serious mental and physical health issues. I would welcome it if the Leader organised a debate on this at the earliest opportunity so we can clearly outline to the farming community what benefits and help are available to it and so we can identify shortcomings in the system so that we can rectify them so that help will be available to all members of our farming community who work very hard and put in many hours every day, seven days a week, with much of that time being spent on their own.