Dan Boyle (Green Party)

On behalf of the Green Party — An Comhaontas Glas I offer sincere sympathy to the family of Senator Tony Kett, his wife Noreen, his son and two daughters, and to his colleagues in the Fianna Fáil group. I note also his loss to the House. Like Senator Alex White, as a Member of this Seanad only and given the nature of Senator Kett's illness in recent months, my meetings with him were infrequent and all too brief. I was struck, however, by the cordiality he extended to every Member of the House and which I was privileged to receive.

Today's funeral service was very moving because it marked the nature of the man and the sum of his life, including a particularly cogent contribution from the former Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern. Our words of sympathy here will pale into insignificance when compared with Tony Kett's life which has been marked today and which others will mark. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.