Mark Daly (Fianna Fail)
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Before I ask the Leader to outline the Order of Business, I know Members will be saddened to have heard of the death of a former Member of this House and a pioneering academic, Professor James Doolan. James was born in Cork and moved to Dublin. He graduated from University College Galway with a degree in English and French and qualified as a chartered accountant. He had many academic abilities, including being the first academic from Ireland to receive an MBA from Harvard Business School, in 1959. He joined the World Bank in Washington and was involved in many of its development projects. He went to lecture in UCD and the United States and also taught in Harvard Business School. He arrived back to Ireland in the 1970s and was appointed as a professor at University College Galway. He was part of its first MBA course.

He was elected to the Fourteenth Seanad in 1981 and, with his knowledge, served this House with distinction. He was admired by all of his colleagues. On behalf of this House, I express our deepest condolences and sympathies to his loving wife Caroline, his sister Lelia, brothers Patrick and Matt, and all of his extended family and friends. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.

I ask Members to be upstanding for a minute's silence for former Member, Professor James Doolan.