Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

I do not want to get into specific recommendations. Much has been made of the chairman's resignation. Some time ago, the chairman told me he wanted to wait until the report recommending reform of the Red Cross had gone through the system and that he would then offer up his position. That is precisely what happened. The Secretary General wanted to return to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. We are now in the process of recruiting a new Secretary General. There is no great mystery.

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