Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

It is a reasonable timeframe. I have given the reasons for the decision taken regarding the appointment and the Deputy has backed them up. My preferred option is to have a public competition after the shortest possible period. If, after three years, there was widespread agreement among independent observers that the commissioner was doing an excellent job, I would leave him in the position to allow him to bed in the new system.

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