(1) Subject to subsection (2), information obtained by virtue of the performance by the Panel of any of its functions under this Act which has not otherwise come to the notice of members of the public shall not be disclosed, save in accordance with law, by any person, including any of the following, namely -

(a) a member or director of the Panel,

(b) a professional or other adviser to the Panel,

(c) any person employed or formerly employed by the Panel.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to the disclosure of information by the Panel -

(a) where such disclosure is necessary to enable the Panel to state the grounds on which it has made any ruling or given any direction under section 9 or on which it has advised, admonished or censured a person under section 10,

(b) where such disclosure is made to -

(i) the Minister,

(ii) the Garda Síochána,

(iii) the Director of Public Prosecutions,

(iv) an inspector appointed under any enactment,