Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister talks about the challenges, which are outlined in the minutes, but we have a Secretary General from a senior Department who has moved over, although on an interim basis. The second option was, therefore, potentially available. Why did the Government not execute it in full? Why did the Taoiseach ask him to move on an interim basis when one option was to move on a full-time basis on a lower salary, so that the Government would not be in the position of having to increase the salary by 40% or €81,000?