Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

They completed that process and there is an appointment to be made.

I hope it will be made relatively shortly. It would be unfair on the individuals who went through that process to require that it be started again. It is not an issue to which I have given much thought in the context of the events which have happened in the past 48 hours, but I would have understood it would still have been appropriate. There has been a proper interview process and names have been put forward and it would be appropriate for an appointment to be made. I do not see any reason to impugn the integrity of the group which engaged in the process. I hope in the not too distant future that the matter will be dealt with.

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