John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)

He also described how his requests, as Attorney General, for this information and my efforts to secure this information for him were repeatedly frustrated by a then prevalent view, doubtless held in good faith, that the Garda and the Director of Public Prosecution's office would be the sole arbiters of what information in their possession in regard to criminal investigations would or should be made available to the Minister and the Attorney General——

See this speech in context