Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I wish to acknowledge Terry Brennan’s enormous contribution and his family as well. As I entered Leinster House in 2016, I did not have the privilege to serve with him. I probably entered local government in 2003. I remember Terry on the Seanad campaign well. I remember the ability he had, even though he was a long ways from Cork, to communicate with people. That is Terry’s legacy. There is a great legacy in Leinster House for his five years. I just want to put that on the record. For a person who never served with him in this Seanad, he has a legacy here that is spoken about on a daily basis. That is a wonderful achievement and acknowledgement of the person he was and what he brought not only to the Chamber, but to the psyche of the people working and living in this House. I just want to put that on the record.

Obviously, it was a very sad loss to his family and to his wife, in particular. I sympathise with them on their sad loss of losing Terry. This is about, in many ways, acknowledging the wonderful contribution he made in a very short space of time in this House. If you talk to the people who are permanent in this House, in particular, the ushers, they have a wonderful understanding and acknowledgement for Terry and what he did. I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for this opportunity to speak.