Cancer motion lacks criticism

THE Government has filed a Dáil motion on last week’s cancer reports that does not contain one single word of criticism of the Health Service Executive — despite the fact the reports were damning of the organisation.

The reports found that serious medical and managerial problems contributed to the crisis over the misdiagnosis of women with breast cancer.

Despite this, neither the Department of Health nor the HSE is holding anyone to account for the failures that occurred. And, when the Dáil debates the controversy today, the Government motion on the issue will contain no criticism of the HSE.