Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I have a supplementary question. Does that mean that the Taoiseach's comment that he made appointments on the basis of persons being friends was not true and that the reality was that they were persons known to him who had the requisite knowledge and experience? Did he mean it that way? Was it a matter of knowledge and experience as distinct from friendship? I take his point about people giving of their valuable time to serve on boards, which is obviously always a difficulty. However, I wish to be clear regarding paragraph 2.2.7 in that the Taoiseach now says that appointments made by him were not made on the sole basis that people were friends but rather on the basis of knowledge and experience.

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