Health served by ‘dysfunctional ministers’

A FORMER master of Dublin’s Holles Street Maternity Hospital has said he has “given up” on politicians’ initiative and imagination.

Speaking yesterday on RTÉ Radio, Dr Peter Boylan, an obstetrician at Holles Street, said Ireland has had a “series of dysfunctional ministers”.

“Brian Cowen was utterly hopeless as minister for health. Micheál Martin was known as the ‘minister for reports’. Mary Harney, basically, has not been a success,” he said.