Seanad debates

Thursday, 10 April 2014

11:10 am

Photo of Diarmuid WilsonDiarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Like other colleagues I join in the good wishes to Jody Blake on her early retirement. I was saddened to hear last week that she would be leaving us today. As colleagues have already said, when one attends the count in the Members' restaurant Jody and Deirdre are two of the most prominent people one can see. They conduct their business effectively and efficiently. In particular, if a candidate is successful it is a very pleasurable experience. Then, when a Senator comes into the Chamber he gets to know both Deirdre Lane and Jody very well and he soon realises that he is only a Member and that he has absolutely no say in what goes on in the place. I wish Jody well in her early retirement. All I can say is that she is a pure lady having worked with her. I wish her well in whatever she intends to do with the many decades she has left. As a treat for her I am tempted to call a walk-through vote, if only to see that expression of disapproval on her face one last time. Perhaps we will do that for her.

I welcome the Government Whip, Senator Paul Coghlan, back from representing us during part of President Higgins's successful visit to England.

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