John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would like to be associated with the expressions of sympathy for John Carty and I welcome Kathleen and all the Carty family here. I share with them the deep sense of loss they have experienced, following the death of a husband, a father and a brother. I knew John Carty as a community worker and an activist long before either of us got involved in representative politics. I knew of his community work for the people of Knock and beyond. I met him on many occasions at Aghamore GAA club when he was supporting his family members playing for his club. He may have been quiet and unassuming in terms of his involvement in his community but that never took away from the diligent way he worked for, and on behalf, of his community. He was from, and worked for, his people. We may have been political rivals when both of us were elected over recent years but the one thing I would say - maybe it is a lesson to politicians on all sides of the House – is that John Carty was always willing to engage in an issue. He wanted issues solved for Mayo and the region. He did that in an inoffensive way. He wanted to find a solution rather than insult anybody on the way to getting that solution. We are with all the family in their deep sense of loss.

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