Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State said the closing date in respect of the Public Appointments Service was 18 September. We are almost a month beyond that date. Have interviews taken place or are they about to and is that now the only impediment that exists to the commencement of the legislation? I mean no disrespect to the Minister of State, but he said he took the matter over late last year. As such, it has been almost a year since the Minister of State took the matter over. I appreciate that there are administrative issues, but is there any moratorium in the public service to prevent appointments to the panel?