Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----in which he asked how many people had applied for these posts. In a new farcical high, in terms of transparency from this Government, the reply was: "It is not considered appropriate to disclose the number of applications received while a public service recruitment competition is in progress." Has anyone ever heard the likes of it? That was the response given in reply to a parliamentary question from Deputy Kelleher.

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