Paul Bradford (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I assure the House that no one would have laughed more than the late Senator O'Toole. I am pleased to have the opportunity to say a few words in tribute to the late Senator Martin J. O'Toole and to welcome his family to the Visitors Gallery. I had the pleasure of serving with him in both the Seanad and the Dáil. Naturally, that makes me feel almost as old as Senator Noone. I would describe him as a made-for-measure Senator. He served three or four terms in Seanad Éireann alongside people such as his friend Rory Kiely. As far as I know they were both on the agricultural panel. I imagine at election time both of them went around the country assuring the Fianna Fáil councillors that the other man had enough votes and that they vote for him instead.