Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Thank you, Senator Buttimer. When we meet again at the next Munster final, please God, the words of Samuel Beckett will no doubt be ringing in your ears about trying harder and failing better.

I am going to call on the Green Party's Senator Róisín Garvey whose father I once canvassed in a Seanad election. It might be a dark family secret, but probably not in Clare, that her father, Flan Garvey, served Fianna Fáil in Clare for many years. It probably did her no harm when it came to general elections and council elections. Flan Garvey also served in Kerry. Anyone who has a Kerry connection obviously gets preferential treatment. However, that is only for today. After that, all bets are off. Martin Groves, the Clerk, is going to give me all the rule books. I will be studying them to see how we can expand the rules to their maximum ability. Senator Vincent P. Martin might be able to advise me on that one. Flan Garvey served in Tralee IT for many years and did great work for the people of Kerry. For that, we would like to thank him.