Michael Noonan’s handling of the case of ‘Grace’ while health minister and the role of his department in the 1990s will be the subject of commission of investigation hearings early in the new year, an interim report states.

THE Government is ultimately responsible for the appalling conditions at Leas Cross nursing home.

THE Department of Health was criticised for failures in its supervisory role over the Blood Transfusion Service Board by the Lindsay Report.