Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Before I ask the Deputy Leader to reply, I join with Senator Fitzpatrick on my own behalf and that of Members in sympathising with the family of that lady who was killed tragically overnight and to urge anyone with information to come forward.

As Cathaoirleach, on my own behalf and that of Members, I extend our sympathies to the family of Edmund Lynch who passed away yesterday. Edmund Lynch was an activist and was a member of the LGBTQI+ community who had been in Seanad Éireann on a number of occasions as part of different delegations. He was here recently for the debate on a Private Members' motion on the 30th anniversary of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 and in this regard he was an extraordinary person and was a champion, like Senator Norris, of the LGBTQI+ community. In his retirement, he took to recording oral histories of members of the LGBTQI+ community. We are saddened today at his passing and we thank him for his work. May he rest in peace.

I call on the Deputy Leader to speak now, please.