Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

I am sorry to hear that as I could outline a litany of such appointments.

The people we appoint are people of quality and ability. That they may have some distant connection with the longest ruling party in Ireland, the most successful in Europe and one of the most successful in the world, should be no barrier to appointment. I was a former Minister but I did not get many appointments between 1992 to 2003.