Savita inquiry - Husband’s wish should be granted

What an appalling debacle this Government and its agencies have made of the proposed inquiry into the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar, a probe that is now going ahead without involving her husband, Praveen.

What should have been a relatively simple proposition, namely the setting up of an independent investigation into the circumstances of her death at Galway University Hospital, has descended into chaos in a blatant display of insensitivity by the authorities.

Yesterday saw Enda Kenny under fire during leader’s questions in the Dáil as he appealed to Savita’s husband to meet, without prejudice, the international chairman of the inquiry into the death of his pregnant wife. This suggestion was rejected by Mr Halappanavar, who questioned the objectivity of a chairman paid by the HSE.