Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael)

I want to be associated with all of the warm, kind-hearted and well deserved tributes paid to the late Peter Callanan. Everything that has been said about him is true. We all felt close to him. I came into the House with him in 1997. He used to tell me about what happened at party headquarters and I probably had an affinity with him. We were always able to identify with one another on such matters. He certainly loved the land and everybody who earned their living from it. He was always a great champion of agricultural causes and the advancement of agriculture. We loved the glint in his eye, the roguery and all the yarns he told. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.