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

That is not the way I see it. Quite clearly the process is complex, and it is in the hands of an independent liquidator who is operating in accordance with the law. The taxpayer comes into this as well. The job of the liquidator is to get as much value for the taxpayer as he can. While those in the Opposition seem to stress the interests of the mortgage holders, and rightly so, they forget about the interests of the taxpayer, because these are two sides of the same coin. If the mortgage holder gains, the taxpayer loses, according to the case presented by many people here-----

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