Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

For the information of the House, it is normal at the formation of a Government, more or less at the first Government meeting or at a very early Government meeting, for a decision to be made about the general parameters for the appointment of special advisers and who they should be. I remember it at the beginning of the Fianna Fáil-Labour Government. Special advisers' contracts run out at the end of the term of office but they can be reappointed by a successor for which they require a new contract.