Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have already said that but I have also said, not just in this House but elsewhere, that I have never put forward a name to Cabinet without the full agreement of the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste, the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan and the Attorney General, and this instance is no different. There were no questions and no concerns were raised. In other instances where I have proposed names, there have been greater conversations and some back and forth. That did not happen in this instance. I made a recommendation, it was agreed by the party leaders and was then put forward to Cabinet.

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