Rose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On my own behalf and that of the Sinn Féin team in the Seanad, I extend my deepest sympathy to the wife and family of the late former Deputy Peter Mathews and acknowledge all of the work he did both inside and outside the Oireachtas.

I intend to talk about Grace, but before I do so, I wish to show the Cathaoirleach and Members a photograph. While people in Dublin were concerned last week about the storm in case their hair or hats might be blown away, the photograph shows what happened to the houses in County Mayo affected by pyrite and mica. I ask the Leader to, as a matter of urgency, invite the Minister responsible to come to the House to update us on the expert group he appointed to deal with the mica and pyrite issue. Hundreds of homes across County Mayo are affected by it. My colleague, Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, has spoken about the thousands of homes affected in County Donegal.