Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Regarding the report which led to these questions, let us recall that the Government asked the Attorney General to prepare that report. The Attorney General is not an independent agent who can operate of his own accord. He is not a principal; he is a person who responds to requests from the Government. He compiled the report, which the Government decided to publish.

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