Susan O'Keeffe (Labour) | Oireachtas source

What people are interested in is having a country that is better than the country Fianna Fáil left in 2011.

I thank the Leader, Senator Cummins, for organising the tributes to Seamus Heaney later today. Seamus's wife, Marie, will join us in the Gallery, and that is important for the Seanad on this day. I can think of no finer way for the Seanad to end its career. Whatever happens tomorrow and whatever the outcome of the referendum, the Seanad will be different next week and this day is a different day for that reason. I can think of no finer way then for all of us to pay tribute today to one of the finest voices and poets of this and the last century.