Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Most people who go to the trouble of applying and being interviewed would like to know what happened and whether they were or were not in the top three.Some people are so modest that they do not want to know whether they made the shortlist. Assuming that is the case is there some rule that the identity of the persons on the shortlist coming to the Government is to be kept secret except for communicating it to them?