Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

Deputy Allen suggested that the wrongdoers should be exposed and punished, and I agree with him.

Deputy Seán Ryan and I were members of Dublin County Council. In my 16 or 17 years on Dublin City Council there was never any suggestion of that. The Deputy was there. I never received a cheque from a developer either. However, in a flippant way, the Deputy used to receive little cheques from a trade union of which we were both members. I was envious because I could not get them even though I was an activist at the time. That is just a private joke between Deputy Ryan and myself.

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