New rules were agreed last night.
The government's main advisors on the pandemic will now have to get permission from the Taoiseach's department before talking to the media.
Image via RTENew rules were agreed by the cabinet last night on this.
It required the medics and scientists on NPHET to go through the government press office.
Relations are reported to have deteriorated between ministers and public health officials.
And it's reported more claims that public health advice was leaked.
It comes after an announcement of further restrictions for the Christmas period.
If you want to check out all the changes we have them here.
The Irish Independent reports today that chief medical officer, Dr Tony Holohan and NPHET's head of modelling, Philip Nolan, faced criticsm from the Taoiseach and Tánaiste recently.
(Source: @merrionstreet/Twitter)It was reportedly over the manner in which their latest advice was made public.
On Thursday, there were leaks in relation to some restrictions on household visits, hospitality and the live events sector after their meeting.
Some ministers were criticising the emergence of NPHET advice via journalists on Twitter.
