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

-----and demerits of individual candidates. That is where it will go. There is a reason only one name comes to the Cabinet, that is, because it is not appropriate for 20 people, let alone 160, to be poring over a shortlist of three, four or five names. Inevitably, that would cause embarrassment for those who did not get the job or who got passed over. Inevitably, it would discourage people from putting themselves forward for good jobs. That is why only one name comes to the Cabinet and why we do not have a debate in Cabinet about the merits and demerits of individual appointments. It would not be appropriate for us to have it here either.

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