Current management of health service a shambles, says Martin

James Reilly has been accused of being a volatile health minister amid claims that the head of the HSE was forced out.

Current management of health service a shambles, says Martin

The appointment of new HSE directors would lead to new “layers of bureaucracy” in the health service which would reduce care for patients, opposition politicians argued.

As a row erupted in the Dáil over HSE chief Cathal Magee’s decision to step down, which junior minister Róisín Shortall only learned of through the media, Enda Kenny defended his minister.

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