Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I will pursue the question another way. I appreciate the Taoiseach may be becoming a bit weary of the questioning. If he answered it, however, we could move off from it.

Does this mean that from today there is no embargo on the recruitment of political advisers and contract staff in the Taoiseach's Department and other ministerial offices? Does this mean there is no restriction on replacement of adviser and contract staff? The Taoiseach said several times that if he contemplated he needed more advisers, there is no restriction on increasing the number of such staff in his office.

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