Government fails to take responsibility

What do Irish Water, the Health Service Executive, and Nama all have in common? They were all designed by politicians and public servants.

They were all a direct result of a crisis situation. Most importantly, they were all the easy option, at least for those who structured them.

The HSE was a badly thought-out, impulsive reaction to the extended service of regional health authorities, which were theoretically overseen by the Department of Health, in Dublin.