Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I suppose that last word of the Minister's is probably the most unfortunate one of her presentation. I refer to the word "tenure". What is the tenure of this appointee Mr. McNulty? His tenure appears to be to get him over the hill and through the gap for a Seanad election which is going to happen in a couple of weeks. That is the tenure the Minister is talking about here. Let us look at the context of this. This debate is not about Mr. McNulty.