As the high level group established by the Government explained, experience gained in the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 1997 makes it evident that the five-year moratorium on the release of Cabinet records is too short. It does not give Ministers the reassurance they require to commit views freely to the record if those views are to be divulged in such a short space of time. A ten-year limit leaves Ireland with a liberal regime. In other jurisdictions such limits range from ten to 30 years, with Canada, for example, operating a blanket restriction of 20 years on a wide range of records which come under the heading "Cabinet confidences".