While I did not serve in the House with David Molony, I think the Cathaoirleach did. I knew him well because he was just elected to the Dáil when I joined the Seanad. Undoubtedly he was one of the brightest young Members at the time and was spoken of as a potential future leader of Fine Gael. I was regaled by stories when I became a Member about how he and the late Alexis Fitzgerald had, from the Fine Gael benches – the Opposition benches at the time – tied Ministers up in knots on legal matters over a long period regarding a great deal of legislation. He was a star in the making. He was a real star because he was not just a fly-by-night star, he was one who did all the work on the legislation. His departure from politics was a great shock to everybody. It is not often that people at the young age of less than 40, as he was in 1987, decide to leave to politics. He was a great loss, not only to the party from which he departed, but to the State, the nation and the Dáil. We could have done with more like him. I regret very much his departure and his death and express our sympathy to his wife and family.