Mr. Martin Fraser:

He of course could have applied for the job in question as well, had he chosen to do so. He made it clear he did not want to but that is a separate story. This was just the decision that was made. As members can see, it was on people's minds at the level of the Taoiseach and the Minister in October and throughout the period. We just thought we were better off with what we had at the Department of Health last year with the acting Secretary General. There was a new Minister and there was an awful lot of change, and that was the decision that was made.