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
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The memo that came on the day of the meeting had the names brought personally by the Minister but the Minister gave the impression to this committee that the first memo had the names on it. He said that these were not spotted by some people, as if some people were wrong for claiming that they were blindsided, to be quite honest. Somebody else may respond to that and I do not expect the Secretary General to do so. He has clarified the matter for me and it is up to the Minister to clarify the matter for everyone else.