Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The intention was that this secondment would be made public before there was Government approval. Is that not the case? You had sanctioned this and the press release was to go out on 24 March. You make a big issue that the details were not worked out. Is it not your contention to the committee that the details were not worked out and it had to be fast-tracked? Indeed, the Department delayed it by a day. What happened was that on 23 March, Tony Holohan wrote to HR with the intention that the press release would be issued the following day. However, on 23 March, there was a press query that therefore delayed the press release until the following day.