Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

On behalf of the Sinn Féin Deputies and our team in Leinster House, I would like to associate with the good wishes to Mr. Des Edwards for his service here through the years and for his courtesy to each of us and to myself when I first came to the House on my own in 1997. I would like to associate him as one of the trinity of those who have been the pillars of the permanent staff of this institution over the years of my presence and for some time before that. This trinity includes Mr. Frank Lane and Mr. Paddy Behan and I wish all three a long, happy and healthy retirement.

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