Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Quinn serves on the board in a personal capacity. Circular 12/2010, which deals with the protocol for civil servants nominations to the boards of non-commercial State bodies applies to civil servants serving on state boards, as comprehended from the code of practice for State bodies in section 3.4. The circular sets out the process by which a civil servant may bring the concerns to the attention of the relevant Minister, who in this case would have been the Minister for Health.

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