He recommended that the text of the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, to replace the Eighth Amendment, should contain text enabling the Oireachtas to legislate for abortion, rather than simply removing provisions related to abortion from the Constitution. The advice was published in abbreviated form. He advised that the Occupied Territories Bill would be open to Constitutional challenge, which led to the government deciding not to support it. Following the death a candidate in the Tipperary constituency during the 2020 Irish general election, he advised the government that the election could go ahead.