Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I presume that some considerable thought was given to the sensitivity of this particular appointment when it was being made and that a consensus was arrived at in the context of the Covid-19 crisis and the pressure the Department, the health services in general and the workforce of the Department are under. Was it taken into account that a precedent could be set in this particular case? That is the first question.