Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I join colleagues in expressing sympathy to the sisters, extended family and all the bereaved on the death of Ms Breda Courtney. As it was with Deputy Kenny, this is unfortunately the first I have known of it. I would have liked the opportunity to have previously extended our sympathies to her work colleagues. I take the opportunity this morning to do so. We rarely get the opportunity to express our appreciation of the work carried out by people such as Ms Courtney and the reporting team here. She would not mind if we use the opportunity to convey our appreciation to all her colleagues here in their continuing work. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam uasal.

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