Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I do not take that at all and I do not think that is what this section means. If we look at paragraph (a), it states "a statement setting out the reasons it is of the opinion that the person is suitable for appointment". That is one thing the commission has to tell the Government. Paragraph (c) states it has to give the results of an interview, and the Minister of State will not tell us what that interview process is. He is saying it is for the commission to decide, but the Government must see the results of the interview. I am saying it cannot just be that the person's name is on the list, because the commission will have already said why it thinks the person is suitable under paragraph (a). I am trying to work out what that Government will learn from paragraph (c) that may affect its decision to choose candidate C rather than candidates B or A on the short-list.