Mr. John Howlin:

I will start with a couple of comments. In general, recruitment is demand-led. In many instances, the drawdown from different panels depends on Department requirements. There is not necessarily a shared view as to demand for Irish across all posts within the civil or public service. Individuals on the Irish panels would mostly also have applied for the other panels. People can opt to go for the English-language posts as well. There can be instances of that. I appreciate that is not the Deputy's question.