Mr. Kevin Condon:

Briefly, the information the Deputy had is not information that a civil servant would necessarily have. It is clearly a matter of Cabinet privilege and confidentiality as to what recommendations it goes with or does not go with. I have listened carefully to Ministers in recent years and all of them have indicated that the convention is that the short list, the long list or whatever is attended to when the appointment is made. I am certainly aware of that. I think it is a good point.