I am delighted to hear that representatives of Family Addiction Recovery Ireland, FARI, are before the Joint Committee on Drugs Use today. It is an unbelievably brilliant organisation. It is the umbrella organisation for family members who have somebody they love with an alcohol, drug or gambling problem. I am sorry that I will not get over to Buswells Hotel for the press conference because I will be in the Chamber. The work FARI does is fantastic. I want to put that on the record. We must take into consideration, particularly for the drugs strategy, the impact on families. We all know that addiction is soul-destroying not only for the individual but also for the whole family. The whole family need their own separate recovery. That is what is really important. Even though family members do not take a substance or act out an addictive behaviour, they need their own separate recovery to deal with the trauma of watching somebody you love going down the route of self-destruction. It is soul-destroying and heartbreaking. I am delighted they are before the committee and want to put that on the record. Perhaps when the drugs strategy comes out, we can have a debate on it and ask the Minister to come to the House and give us an update.

I want to pay tribute today to a really good friend of mine who had the most beautiful and soulful voice in Ireland, namely, Dolores Keane. We will all miss her deeply. Just saying her name brings music to mind. She came from Caherlistrane in County Galway. She was the voice that carried the soul not only of the west of Ireland but of the whole of Ireland. Many years ago, when I was a teenager, I used to listen to De Dannan and Dolores Keane and all her songs. I learned off all her songs. Little did I think that I would be singing onstage with her many years later on "A Woman's Heart". I used to stand at the side of the stage and be in awe of her and how she could bring this beautiful soulful voice. The whole place would come alive. She uplifted the audience and they all loved her dearly.

My sister, Mary, was a very close friend of Dolores. I want to share a quote that Mary put up after Dolores passed away. She said:

Dearest Dolly, we had great times together on the road with De Dannan all those years ago - two mothers missing our babies. You'd prop me up and I'd prop you up. A strong bond that lasted a lifetime. And we laughed - boy, did we laugh!

That was Dolores. She always made us laugh. Our President said of Dolores, "a voice like hers does not leave us, it moves into the air and lives forever". Rest now, Dolores, in the music that you always carried. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam dílis.