Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Who gave the direction to appoint the Government's Seanad by-election candidate to the board? I commend Senator Bacik on having the guts yesterday to stand up and say this is effectively wrong. The Seanad by-election is coming up shortly and my Labour Party colleagues in the Oireachtas can make a decision as to whether this is wrong by not voting for this individual. I am sure the Taoiseach was gravely disappointed again yesterday that the Seanad was not abolished.