Ms Shirley Comerford:

They are absolutely on an equal footing. We have a very generalist approach when it comes to advertising. Our aim is to make sure that we reach the widest pool of candidates. When we are composing role descriptions, we make sure to include the qualifications, eligibility criteria, and the skills, knowledge and attributes that are needed to execute that role. We do not emphasise Irish or English in that. It is really about the skills, knowledge and attributes that candidates need to perform successfully the role for which we are recruiting. We do not differentiate.