I have a number of issues to raise, the first being Hughes Agriculture and Farming, which was based in Kells, County Kilkenny. Hughes grew about 12% of the carrots produced in Ireland. It was also a grower of onions and daffodils. People would see its beautiful fields in parts of Kells in County Kilkenny. The company has folded and has gone into liquidation. It was a combination of and a perfect storm of prices and supermarkets. I remember talking to its representatives a few years ago and they told me it would be cheaper to plough the vegetables back into the ground than to accept the prices that supermarkets were offering them. It was also about labour and, more recently, the weather events we have had over the past couple of months where climate is now playing a part in the horticultural sector. It is a significant challenge for that sector. I would welcome a debate on the issue of the horticultural sector. We have seen it almost collapse in the last ten years, going from 600 growers down to about 75 now. I heard the Minister speak about it. He spoke about people buying Irish, but that will not butter any parsnips when there are no Irish parsnips to butter.

I would welcome a debate on the report of the local government task force. We hear of the debacle that is happening in Limerick with the Mayor of Limerick. Certainly there are forces there that do not want the directly elected mayors to be a success, but they have to be. It is an embarrassment that we do not have a directly elected mayor in Dublin and in other large urban centres as they do in Europe where they have budgets and powers and where they are accountable to people. I would welcome an opportunity for a debate on that. I know our own Councillor Janet Horner has been very strong on having a directly elected mayor for the city of Dublin. It would be timely to have a debate in this Chamber on the report of the local government task force.

In relation to Bessborough, there are other sites around the country and it would be useful if we had a debate about these sites where there are sensitive issues and where there are, potentially, burials. There are issues of closure for families, respect for burial sites and memorialisation of loved ones who have been lost.

It would be useful to have a debate in this Chamber in that regard and the Cross-Party Group is calling for such a debate.