Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

How to define "economic improvement" would be open to interpretation. While it was a meaningful and welcome gesture, who knows for how long it will continue?

I wish to follow up on a response that Mr. Fraser gave to Deputy Stanley. Mr. Fraser stated that he did not believe there would be a knock-on effect, but surely the precedent has already been set so that, in the appointment of any future Secretary General by any Government party or the Government as a whole, this example will be cited. Does Mr. Fraser not concede that this has set a precedent? Once something is done, it can happen again.