Foster care whistleblower to meet head of the HSE

The HSE whistleblower who uncovered the south-east foster care abuse scandal is set to meet with HSE director general Tony O’Brien in the second half of this week in a bid to address the crisis.

The social worker is understood to be holding a meeting with the head of the HSE in Dublin in the coming days at the behest of Mr O’Brien, after he was advised to speak with her by Health Minister Leo Varadkar.

The meeting was initially scheduled for after the Dáil public accounts committee’s emergency meeting last Tuesday — the final day before the Dáil was dissolved for the general election.