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

To return to the Deputy's earlier point, an appointment as interim Secretary General in the Department is a very different thing to a permanent appointment or, to be more accurate, an appointment for a fixed term under contract. It was important, and the right decision to make, to open this up to a competitive process. The Deputy is right that I do not know who has or has not applied and I wish all the candidates luck. They all deserve a fair process and I have no doubt they will get it. We will see what the outcome is in a number of months time.

Was the Deputy's second question about the international context and the UK?