Ms Josephine Feehily:

I would not go as far as to say impossibly high but I would say very high. The bar is very high. I will not go back over the rationale again. On the others, it is very uneven. We have specific responsibility to run a competition from Superintendent to Assistant Commissioner, the whole lot from start to finish and appointment. When it comes to civilians and the corresponding ranks of civilian, we are involved at the start and the end but not in the middle. The whole lot needs to be clearer and cleaner. I used the phrase "some ambiguity"; it would also be helpful to the Garda and commentators and it needs more clarity. The model chosen by policy makers is for the policy makers. From the point of view of applying it, the clearer and cleaner - and with the least ambiguity - the easier.