HSE gives no details on cutting deficit

Extraordinary scenes unfolded at a meeting of the Dáil’s spending watchdog after health officials refused to spell out exactly how the HSE’s budget would be balanced by year’s end.

Fianna Fáil TD Sean Fleming stormed out after telling Department of Health secretary general and HSE chairman, Ambrose McLoughlin, that he was a disgrace and unfit for office.

But several Government members of the Public Accounts Committee criticised Mr Fleming’s comments.