Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I assure Senator Conway and all members of the committee that the change reform group report, once given to me and the Government later this month, will be acted upon expeditiously. I expect we will move towards the appointment of a permanent Secretary General during the summer and that the position will be filled by the end of the year. That is subject to recommendations that may be made in the change report.