Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

The Taoiseach has not justified in any way the special bonus for the former regulator. The Minister for Finance could have sacked the regulator if he felt he was not up to his job, in which case all of these matters would have fallen. There is clearly a need for the Taoiseach to smash this circle once and for all, and to be seen to do that in such a way that if people who accept positions of responsibility abuse those positions or fail to live up to their remit, these special golden handshakes should not be paid.

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