Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Yes, I apologise. The person would have been turned down by the commission. It would be of huge interest to the media to find out who had been unsuccessful in the process. I have no doubt that it would equate to the crown jewels for some journalists to find out that somebody had been unsuccessful on a number of occasions and that the Government had turned him or her down, especially if the media were sympathetic to the person concerned. They would argue that a worthy person seemed to be turned down constantly by a perverse Government. That is the kind of journalism one could well expect to see. Is it the case that this information on the shortlist is impressed with the words "Cabinet confidentiality" when it gets to the Government and that no Minister can say after a Cabinet meeting to anybody that A was chosen over B or C? Is that to be the case?