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

I know the Deputy does not like to be reminded of the past but by and large these extravagant pensions and payments are the result of agreements entered into by the Government which he supported. They are Fianna Fáil arrangements. I will wind them down if I can because I, too, am angry about what I inherited. He is like the boy who ran around the streets asking who will put out the fire when his own family burned the building. He should not point the finger of blame at his successors.

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