Mr. Pádraig Love:

I think we are coming at it from two different ends. We would identify the core competencies first and then give benefit to people with Irish. As my colleague from the Department of Social Protection said, over the years it has made many people improve their position on panels and they would have obtained jobs that they might not otherwise have got. There is, however, always a base level that people have to reach before one can apply that. If one applies that same base level, irrespective of whether it is applied at the outset or at the end of a competition, one should end up with broadly the same people.