Review into whistleblower claims not due to be published until May

A review into claims that the HSE slashed funding to a private health agency where the whistleblower in the Grace case works after she raised the alarm over her care is unlikely to be published until at least May.

The situation emerged after the Irish Examiner yesterday published a detailed interview with the family of another woman who was allegedly abused at the home, and whose family say they are being blocked from accessing medical files on what happened.

In a letter to the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee in response to ongoing questions about the Grace case triggered by HSE director general Tony O’Brien’s meeting with the PAC last month, HSE assistant national director Ray Mitchell said the review by Deloitte is nearing completion.