Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

Given that this is the procedure used for appointing the new Secretary General with responsibility for public expenditure and reform, which the Taoiseach will, no doubt, also examine, is he satisfied with the procedures used for filling that role? It is almost three months since the media were briefed that these jobs were being filled as a matter of urgency and that, in themselves, they represented a major reform. The closing date for applications was 18 April. What has happened to delay the appointments?

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