Health Dept refuses to clarify lack of public announcement following resignation of State’s chief procurement officer

The Department of Health has refused to clarify why it did not make a public announcement following the shock resignation of the State’s chief procurement officer, who failed to flag the spiralling costs of the National Children’s Hospital.

As previously reported by the Irish Examiner, the resignation of Paul Quinn, who led procurement reform programme across the public sector, was noted in the August minutes of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board.