Dáil seeks answers over ‘secret’ HSE grouping

THE doctor in charge of the reconfiguration of health services in the south has been asked to explain to a Dáil committee the existence of a “secret” group advising the Health Service Executive (HSE) on the project.

Professor John Higgins, the HSE’s director of reconfiguration in the South, has been invited to appear before the Joint Oireachtas Health Committee to address what committee members described as “an unprecedented departure for the HSE”.

The existence of the group of 17 – which includes a property developer and a horse trainer – was revealed by the Irish Examiner last month.