Varadkar is just what the doctor ordered for Department of Health

Leo Varadkar has done the impossible — he has brought hope that our battered and broken health system can be fixed writes Alison O’Connor

This health minister is the envy of his colleagues for his ability to communicate with the punters, when people are so sour with the Government. That “direct line” to the voters has been much in evidence over the past few days.

The minister made two major policy announcements at the start of this week: One a significant policy U-turn; and the other the delaying of a major policy initiative. Yet there was hardly a whisper of criticism.