Searching for a scalp without a tomahawk in sight

The nursing home charges blame game has obscured the important issues, writes Political Reporter Michael O’Farrell.

“THREE months later we are back where we started.” The words of Green Party health spokesman John Gormley said it all yesterday morning as the Oireachtas Health Committee launched its report on the illegal nursing home charges scandal.

Long before the committee’s report was published yesterday afternoon, it was perfectly evident that, as with the Travers Report, former Health Minister Micheál Martin would not be specifically criticised.