Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I think I speak for everyone in the House when I say that we are devastated by the suffering and the passing of Nicky McFadden, but if we are uplifted by her courage and by her insight into this journey, and her ability to make some sense of the savage uncertainty of life as lived, I suppose that she passed away on the feast of the Annunciation is appropriate because she begins her new life today free of the suffering that marked her last months on this earth.

She brings her goodness to that place of life and light beyond the darkness. She was a woman of great joy and will bring that joy with her to her new life and place. She has gone before us and will I hope be there to meet us. I called to see her last Friday after coming back from Brussels. It is a debilitating ailment and I extend my sympathy to her children, Caren and Eoin, and her family. Go ndéanfaidh Dia grásta ar bhean álainn.

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