Leo Varadkar urged to ‘take charge’ of foster abuse case

Health Minister Leo Varadkar has been urged to “personally take charge” of the investigation into claims people with disabilities suffered decades of state foster care home abuse amid claims the HSE is trying to cover up the scandal.

Leading children’s rights campaigner and Barnardos CEO Fergus Finlay insisted it is time that the minister intervenes due to growing concern surrounding the long-running case.

As previously reported by the Irish Examiner, over Christmas, the Dáil public accounts committee received a significantly curtailed 24-page version of a 200-page report into south east foster home allegations.