I welcome the nitrates derogation extension to our farmers and farming community. I sincerely thank the Minister, Deputy Heydon, for the work he has done to deliver this for the farming community. As Senator Daly and the previous speaker just said, we do need to call the Minister in to debate the future votes for this. Three years' time is not enough to start to accept this derogation. Really, as the only country in the EU to have this, we should be honoured. I commend the work that has been done.

On a separate personal note as we lead up to the festive Christmas season, I wish to convey a sad story. An elderly person living on his own went to mass in Listowel last Saturday evening. He had picked up his two pensions on the Thursday afternoon. Obviously, he was being targeted. While he was attending mass on Saturday, the window of his vehicle was smashed and broken into and his money was stolen. Everyone has communities, and everyone knows everyone when they live where they are living in rural Ireland. I am calling today for everybody to get involved to make our communities safe. If they see anything, there is a See Something, Say Something text alert system in Kerry. I do not know if it has been rolled out across the rest of the country. We have volumes of people living on their own coming up to the Christmas period again this year. I want them to be assured that people like their neighbours, friends and communities are looking out for them and that, if they see something, they report these guys to the Garda which will, it is hoped, catch the culprits. I ask everyone to send the message out to their own communities to get involved to make people safe and confident in their own homes.