A report headed "De Rossa misled Dail on policy unit jobs, TD claims", in the editions of January 31st, quoted the Minister for Social Welfare, Proinsias De Rossa, as saying that the positions in the political research unit of his department to which five non civil servants have been appointed "were not advertised internally or externally". In that quotation, Mr De Rossa was in fact referring to appointments made by members of previous governments. What he said in the Dail about the recent appointments to his department was: "The positions were not advertised."