Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

So far two Deputies have asked the same simple question relating to how other applicants for the same position were handled, but there has been no answer. Can we have an answer on how many other applications were received and how those applications were handled? Second, with regard to the telephone call that was made to Áras an Uachtaráin on the Sunday morning, can the Tánaiste and former Minister for Justice and Equality say who initiated the contact with Áras an Uachtaráin on a Sunday with regard to fixing a date for the warrant to be signed by the President?

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