Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Senator Casey. I remember the pheasant plucker's ball, which can be very hard to say. I thank the Senator for meeting me all those years ago. I acknowledge his work on the housing committee in the previous Oireachtas. People do not always get credit. Committees are tough and one must be alert. Senator Casey - then Deputy Casey - was the person who spotted that a planning regulation was coming in on rural housing that was economic only, and he insisted that a social aspect be included. As a result it allowed people to live in rural Ireland and that might not otherwise have happened. I want to give the Senator credit for that, and also for his family's employment of so many people in the community of Glendalough, and for his hospitality when I was there.