Dáil debates
Wednesday, 10 November 2021
Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy
12:02 pm
Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Ceann Comhairle) | Oireachtas source
Before proceeding to Leaders' Questions, it would be appropriate, as the House will wish to join me, to express our sympathy to the family and many friends of the late Austin Currie who died yesterday. Austin was a long and distinguished Member of this House. He was one of the founding members of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, SDLP, and served in the Northern Ireland Assembly as Minister for Housing, Local Government and Planning. He became a Member of the Dáil in 1989, was a presidential candidate in 1990 and served as a Minister of State at the Departments of Education, Justice and Health from 1994 to 1997.
We will remember him as a pioneer of the civil rights movement and as somebody who selflessly dedicated his life to the peaceful and respectful solution of intractable problems, a man of outstanding courage who serves as a shining example to those who have followed him into a political career, north and south of the Border.
The Tánaiste, as a representative of Fine Gael, may have some remarks to make.
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