Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

A number of options were discussed, including that the acting Secretary General at the time would remain in place. Any one of a number of serving Secretaries General could be asked to transfer across. The view at that meeting was that there would not be great hope of that being successful. The Department of Health would not be seen as a great prize. The view at that meeting was that it might be difficult to get a current Secretary General to move to take that role. If the question is whether I had any discussions about a Secretary General moving permanently, the answer is absolutely not.