Policy U-turn as HSE board to be rebuilt

The Taoiseach has confirmed that the Government has abandoned plans to scrap the HSE board and is now drafting legislation to re-establish it.

In a major U-turn, Leo Varadkar told the Dáil that Health Minister Simon Harris has been given approval to draft legislation to reestablish the HSE board.

“I do not have a date for it but he has authorisation to do so,” Mr Varadkar said under questioning from Michael Harty, a GP and an Independent TD for Clare.