HSE ‘clique’ accused of covering up foster care sex abuse

There have been cross-party calls for an investigation into the HSE’s handling of claims that up to 40 intellectually disabled children were sexually abused by a foster care family over two decades.

Members of the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee who are familiar with the case made the call during a tense meeting with senior HSE managers yesterday.

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil TDs John Deasy and John McGuinness said a “commission of investigation” must be set up into the claims as it has been alleged a “clique of HSE managers” covered up the abuse.