Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Department disputes that. It told us that its position is that legislation cannot be retrospectively amended to do precisely as Mr. Doyle said. It has been a bone of contention throughout this. The Department will cite advice from the Attorney General. How do we square that circle with what the Department is telling us compared with Mr. Doyle's position? I presume his position is also based on legal advice. Does he have a view on how we can approach this?