Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Because they took it upon themselves to do that.

It is a case of having accepted responsibility, having apologised for standards having slipped and of doing something about it and fixing it in general.Therefore, I do not accept the Deputy's assertion at all. The position here, which I made perfectly clear, was that the appointment to the board should not have happened because Mr. McNulty was being considered as a candidate for nomination to the Seanad.

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