Tony Mulcahy (Fine Gael)

Some former Deputies left the other House with €250,000 and €200,000 in lump sums and with pensions of €150,000. Will the Leader ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans in this regard in the coming budget. We seem to pre-debate the budget here every week, but none of us know what is in it, apart from the Minister and the Cabinet. Will the Leader ask if the Minister has any plans to claw back some of those moneys, which were effectively stolen from the taxpayer? I have a serious concern with regard to the amount of money taken from here and I assume Senator O'Brien would agree with me on that.