Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is a myth that one cannot share the Attorney General's advice. One cannot hand out the Attorney General's advice or letters containing that advice. In my time as Minister for Health, on every single occasion I have been asked to share the Attorney General's advice I have done so by way of speeches in the Dáil or précispapers that I had circulated in advance of the wording to all Opposition spokespeople on health. I am happy to do likewise when, I would suggest, members of the health committee meet me and officials either this week or early next week, depending on when this item of business is concluded.

The very clear advice was that anything that did not have a specific time period was too vague and therefore was subject to challenge.