Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

From my experience of this and the other Chamber, I have learned there are very few voluntary resignations. Very few want to leave when they get in here. They certainly do not want to leave because it is a very important institution. It is most fortunate that the present Government did not abolish it or we would be all gone. Senator Ó Clochartaigh would have had a premature departure. He would not be here to leave today. I welcome the Senator's family to the House. That he is leaving the Seanad is a loss to Connemara and the west. Senator Máire Devine should note there are more than bogs in the west. There are nice farms and beautiful landscape. I hope she comes down to become more familiar with the rest of the country outside the Pale.

I wish Senator Ó Clochartaigh well with TG4. He was employed by it before as a producer. Ros na Rún was one of his great productions. TG4 is a great station. It is a tremendous Irish station. It is a real station for Ireland and shows great imagination. I am very pleased that previous Fianna Fáil Governments brought in TG4.