Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On the timeframe, essentially there was a process being undertaken by the Department and that process did not resolve the issue or identify a successful applicant so another applicant was chosen without a process by the institutions. Is that the case? Is that position still warranted in the Department's view or for how long does it consider the position of the executive director to be necessary?