John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Moloney has spent a number of years in the Civil Service. In his position looking back, can he ever remember a Secretary General who was fired for any reason? Was anyone ever sacked, even down through the various lower levels of the Civil Service? I am trying to determine how effective the system of employment is. Based on the seven-year contract, regardless of what happens, the person is there for seven years. Over the past ten years, was anyone ever sacked from the Civil Service?