Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

You know, like with ... you know these situations. And you're in politics a long time and you come from a distinguished political family. You owe it to everybody, no matter what you're saying, to be consistent and truthful. So I was trying to make sure that there was a fulsome tribute being paid, which I was sincere about, but, at the same time, I didn't want to pretend that I hadn't been critical about certain aspects of what he did at the time. And that's is why it was phrased-----