Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

As the Taoiseach said, Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn would not have been in a position to make any appointments to her cabinet until the Commission had been approved by the Parliament. The Taoiseach also confirmed that he spoke to Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn about the possibility of employing former Senator de Búrca prior to the approval of the Commission by the Parliament. What was Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn's response when the Taoiseach asked her to employ former Senator de Búrca? Did she reject the proposition outright or did she tell him she could not talk to him at all about appointments until the Commission had been approved?

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