Lawyers for former minister for justice Alan Shatter have asked the Court of Appeal to order senior counsel Sean Guerin to delete findings in his report examining how a garda whistleblower's complaints were dealt with.

They also want him to hand a corrected copy to the Government.

The application comes after the court ruled earlier this month that Mr Guerin made "highly critical" findings about Mr Shatter in breach of his constitutional rights.

Mr Shatter's lawyers told the appeal court there was no reason why Mr Guerin could not give effect to the order of the court.

They said the report was still on the website of An Taoiseach and the damage to Mr Shatter was continuing.

Mr Shatter had claimed Mr Guerin should have given him an opportunity to respond before publishing conclusions critical of him.

He said the report had caused him to resign from office in May 2014 and his good name and reputation had been destroyed.

The Court of Appeal said Mr Guerin was obliged to observe the rules of natural justice and of letting the other side be heard.

It ruled that a defective procedure was adopted and Mr Shatter's rights were breached.

Lawyers for Mr Guerin said the report was no longer under his control.

Senior Counsel Paul McDermott said Mr Guerin was now an ordinary barrister again.

Mr Shatter had taken no steps to stop the publication of the report, he said.

The Government had published it and acted it on it. He said the court could not simply quash a few sentences and it would have to be rewritten.

Mr McDermott said the Taoiseach was not before the court and it was not for Mr Guerin to get involved in outstanding issues between Mr Shatter and the Goverment.

Court of Appeal President Mr Justice Sean Ryan said the court would take some time to consider the matter and hoped to give a brief judgment within a relatively short period.