Minister of State John Halligan has added his voice to calls for an independent investigation into mortuary facilities at University Hospital Waterford as the journalist who broke the story tells of six families who have raised concerns.

If the HSE — as an institution — were a family, it would be dysfunctional one, shrouded in secrecy and characterised by obfuscation and confusion.

The HSE is failing both the living and the dead in the South East says the PRO for Health Equality, Matt Shanahan.

Ceejay McArdle is four years old and was diagnosed with Leukaemia in 2014.