‘Grace’ officials can’t be removed from their posts

HSE boss says it ‘wouldn’t be fair’ to force staff to step aside amid inquiry into foster home abuse claims

A senior HSE official has said it “wouldn’t be fair” to force colleagues involved in the ‘Grace’ foster home abuse scandal to step down while an inquiry takes place, despite fresh calls from whistleblowers for the move to occur.

The HSE’s head of social care provision Dr Cathal Morgan made the comment as Disabilities Minister Finian McGrath confirmed he has written to the HSE seeking the immediate release of two unpublished reports into what happened.