Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is not any obligation on the part of the commission to engage in the grading or recommendation process by way of order of ranking. It may well submit a number of names to the Government and allow the Government to consider them by way of an equality of recommendation. In the circumstances, it is best to leave the matter to the commission to decide its ordering of rules. If the commission decides to make a recommendation in order of preference, it would appear to me to be good practice that the applicant would be furnished with such information.