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

-----to appoint Mr. McNulty to the board. Fine Gael officials decided out of the blue to suggest to the Minister that he should be appointed. Apparently they were not mandated by anybody. It is a complete mystery. Correspondents asked the Taoiseach's spokesperson yesterday who asked the Fine Gael officials to tell the Minister to nominate Mr. McNulty. The reply from the Taoiseach's spokesperson was: "You had better ask them." All I am looking for is the truth about what happened.

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