Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland approved the process by which the new secretary general of the European Commission was appointed; the reason there was not an open competition for this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39734/18]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The appointment of officials of the Commission is solely a matter for the Commission itself and Member States have no role in this process.