Alan Shatter has written to the Taoiseach, asking him to withdraw the state's legal defence in his legal case over the Guerin Report.

The former justice minister also wants the report withdrawn from circulation, in the wake of the findings of the O'Higgins Commission into alleged Garda malpractice.

The report cleared Shatter of any wrongdoing in his handling of the claims, despite the earlier criticism of the Guerin Report which forced him to resign.

The former minister also wants the Taoiseach to correct the Dáil record, after Enda Kenny claimed Shatter had 'accepted responsibility' for any wrongdoing.

A spokesman for Enda Kenny said the letter had been received and would reply in due course.