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

I will say this. If the word that caused concern is "bizarre", just to reflect on how I used it, I said it was bizarre. I accept that it is a subjective position. However, I consider it bizarre that a Department would take appeal its own appeals officer's decision in court. That is a bizarre scenario. In that instance, the chief executive is entitled absolutely to have a different view on it. It does not impact on the specific questions I posed.