Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality
9:00 am
Ms Oonagh McPhillips:
I think, to be fair, we are dancing on the head of a pin. The view is expressed by the Attorney General's office and conveyed via the email composed by an official in the Department of Justice and Equality. They agreed that this was the legal position. It is not legal advice per se. The legal advice was received from the Attorney General within the past couple of weeks. It backed it up 100%.
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