Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Terry’s family to the Chamber. I welcome his widow, Aileen, and his children, David and Tanya, as well as Bobby, who is looking on. I also welcome Deputy Joe Carey and former Deputy Brian Walsh as well, both very close friends of Terry, as well as the Members who served with him in this House. I did not serve with Terry in this House, but I served with him in the parliamentary party from 2011 to 2016. Any conversations I had with him were always very friendly and were on plenty of topics, such as family, County Louth, politics, sport, Augusta, golf and all of that. He was a very sociable person. I might have had a drink or two with him in the Members’ bar or perhaps down in the Ginger Man the odd evening as well. He was a very sociable person.

I always remember he was always very well dressed. He always looked to have a very expensive suit and was always very well turned out. That is something that I very much remember. He was a lovely guy.

He served his constituents and Fine Gael very well over decades. It was a great opportunity at the end of his career in local government to get the opportunity to spend a term in this House. He would have liked to spend longer, of course, and, obviously, illness got the better of him in the end. It was a wonderful opportunity that he got to serve here on the national stage. He is missed. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.