Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

Please. Deputy Kenny has just tried to embarrass me into answering him, but I shall try to do it, anyway. I know Deputy Kenny's office continuously refers to €300,000, but the tribunal clarified the figure as £39,000, so why are we getting into that? I did not speak yesterday. Although it is not always easy, I do my best to show a civil attitude towards the media when they turn up. When they turn up sometimes in large numbers and start to push each other, that can be difficult, but I try. Sometimes I am disappointed if they ask me a whole list of questions and when I take the trouble to answer them they just will not publish them, as happened this morning. However, that is life. Anyway, that is my position and the issue——-

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