Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy talks too much. He is aware of that fact.

The social security fund and the pension fund which contains almost €20 billion are both strong. The social insurance fund is at an all-time high. Difficulties would only arise if the Deputy was to get his hands on either fund. He is of the view that long-term plans are a bad idea. He would like to gain access to the funds in order to introduce some crazy initiatives in respect of them.

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