Callely challenged to break his silence on Travers report

FORMER Junior Health Minister Ivor Callely was last night challenged to break his silence on the Travers report into illegal nursing home charges.

Callely challenged to break his silence on Travers report

Although Mr Callely was directly responsible for the elderly during Micheál Martin's time as Health Minister, he has never defended his failure to act on information available to him about the illegality of charges levied against those in long-term care.

And unlike Mr Martin and Tánaiste Mary Harney who both faced questions on the Travers report in the Dáil, Mr Callely now a junior minister at the Department of Transport has so far remained silent about his role.

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