Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I think the Minister knows that it is not really credible that someone would sit at a meeting and say, "Do you know what? I am going to put you forward for this job." One would know even by the body language of the person and if they had never heard of the nomination before, they would be floored. Clearly the matter would have to have been discussed beforehand and it would be helpful to know who approached who, but I appreciate that we will not get the answer to that today.