Mr. Dermot Quigley:

I have no recollection or any awareness of any guidance sought by the National Gallery from my Department. I would also add that Circular 6/89 starts off by saying, "Where an established officer or unestablished officer is permanently transferred on duty from one station to another ..., or is permanently transferred on appointment to a higher post ..., removal expenses will be allowed in accordance with the following instructions.", so that the removal expenses government by Circular 6/89 are not applicable to a completely different set of circumstances than are being discussed here. I want to reiterate no request was received by my Department on this particular issue and, as with Mr. Ó Donnchú, the first we knew about it was when it was the subject of material prepared by the Comptroller and Auditor General.