Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On the Official Secrets Act, there are two aspects to this that are of significance. One is that the ambit of the Act is limited to persons holding public office, which is a term defined in section 2 of the Act. The definition of public access expressly excludes Members of either House of the Oireachtas. In addition to that, the Official Secrets Act makes clear that the persons who are authorised to release official information are Ministers. The power to authorise the release of official information is one of the powers Ministers have. If the Taoiseach does not have the power to authorise the release of official information, I do not quite know who does. I do not think anyone honestly believes this was some of sort of official or State secret.

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