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

No. Brian Lenihan, the late Brian Lenihan, was held in very high regard in the Department of Finance. Any official I ever spoke to spoke well of him and spoke well of his abilities and also spoke in terms of he being a nice person to work with, you know. I have already told the Department I'm going to succeed myself, so it's on that basis they're preparing the file.