Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I had spoken to her on two dates, on 26 February, when I basically told her I had spoken to the Secretary General about whether we could use her, which she was happy about, but I said there was no role at that stage. I asked her what she was doing. She confirmed she was working with the UNFPA until the middle or the end of June. When I came back to her, I said we were looking to develop potentially a role of a special envoy position, and would she be interested in that. That conversation also referred to the fact it would take some time to do that. She said to me she was working within the UN system and the UNFPA until the end of June. I said it was going to take us time to develop this role anyway, but that it may materialise after that. That is where that came from.