No recruitment under way for UN envoy job

No process in place to fill the role after controversial appointment of former children's minister Katherine Zappone last year, Dáil committee told

Former children's minister Katherine Zappone turned down the UN special envoy position amid public backlash. File picture

No recruitment is under way for the role of UN Special Envoy on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, an Oireachtas committee has been told.

The appointment of former children's minister Katherine Zappone as a UN special envoy — a position that was never publicly advertised — dogged the Government for weeks last summer before Ms Zappone ultimately turned down the position amid public backlash.