Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Senator Ardagh. I also belatedly thank her for the three votes in her house. We spoke earlier about standing on the shoulders of giants so we also remember Senator Ardagh's father today. He was a great public servant and her family have been true champions of public service through the years. Senator Ardagh's name was also on the sign language Bill for the deaf community. I thank her for her support on that and for her kind words.

I am going out of sequence but I wish to call my great colleague from Cork, Senator Buttimer, the former Leader, who did outstanding work as Leader of the Seanad. We did not always agree. In fact, we very rarely agreed but we can always agree to disagree. That is what this Chamber is about: that we put out ideas, we stand up for our point of view and then we do our bit for the good of the people we represent. I thank Senator Buttimer for his leadership in the previous Seanad.