Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

To be clear, there were 20 people and 16 posts. Criteria such as seniority and preference - I am not really sure what that means - were applied in regard to the filling of the 16 posts and the remaining four people were deployed to other senior posts, presumably of similar or equal rank, in the public service. Is there a document in which the criteria to be applied in terms of reducing the 20 to 16 set out? That would be critical. I imagine that issue had to be discussed with the unions.