Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)

-----for giving me a little latitude and flexibility. I think it was important because of the real engagement that we all had this evening and the fact that it is being done in a collegiate way. The normal battle lines seem to have been put aside for the moment, although I am sure they will be back on another occasion when they will be slightly different. I do not know whether it is permissible, but maybe we could recognise a former colleague of mine, the former Senator Coffey, who was with us in the Seanad, went on to greater things and has now gone on to much greater things. He has proven to all of us that there is life after politics, so we recognise his presence too and thank him for that.