The Justice Minister's asked her department to make sure any letters from senior figures are brought to her attention the day they come in.
It follows major controversy over the delay in delivering a letter about taped phonecalls at Garda stations to her predecessor.
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The then Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan had requested in the letter that it be brought to the attention of Alan Shatter, but he didn't receive it for several days.
An external report yesterday criticised the Department of Justice for its 'closed' and 'secretive' nature, and its Secretary General has now stepped aside.
