Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In essence, the Minister is saying that if he or any other Minister wants to appoint one of his or her cronies, he or she will have to insist that the person makes an application through the Public Appointments Service portal first. The Minister will say to the person, "Send in the paperwork and I will sort you out after". The reason I say that to the Minister, Deputy Howlin, specifically is that I hope the following names ring a bell in terms of his own party - Paschal Fitzgerald, Henry Upton, Ciaran Byrne, Michael Frain Denis Leonard, Dermot Lacey, Joseph Walsh, Gerard Barron and Tracey Magee, all of whom are former Labour Party councillors, candidates or special advisors.

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