Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 September 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach
Mr. Martin Fraser:
As I stated at the outset, and as a former member of the Government the Deputy will understand, the memo sent on the Friday contained no names. It just indicated that the positions would be, namely, ambassadors and a special envoy. Then on the Tuesday, the Minister for Foreign Affairs brought the final memo containing the names to the Cabinet meeting.
The members of the Government-----