Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I do not think I would ever take a scrumdown with Deputy Michael Noonan. I would lose. We meet very regularly and our offices are in the same building. We discuss all economic policy several times every week. The architecture of the economic management council, about which there has been some talk, is extraordinarily useful. It means there is a coherent debate among four senior politicians every week about overarching economic matters. I have a full understanding of what is going on the taxation side.