Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD today called on the Minister for Health to intervene to compel the HSE to release smear slides to women affected by the CervicalCheck controversy so they can be independently reviewed.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn this issue in particular but in so many other areas, it is clear that the Minister for Health has lost control of his department.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD said it is incredulous that the Taoiseach today continues to express confidence in the Minister for Health in the wake of last night\u2019s revelations about when he knew of the looming costs overruns with the National Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n
Deputy Shortall said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Minister for Health has dissembled and fudged on this issue for weeks now, insisting that his Department wasn\u2019t aware of the looming cost overrun until November 2018. Yet last night\u2019s publication of an official memo from his department shows that the Minister was aware as far back as last August that the National Children\u2019s Hospital faced a potential \u20ac391million overrun.<\/p>\n
\u201cInstead of reacting promptly and prudently to flag this problem with the Taoiseach and Minister for Finance ahead of last year\u2019s Budget, Minister Harris dithered for an entire two months. We are told that he only informed his cabinet colleagues of the runaway costs on November 9th<\/sup>. On this issue in particular but in so many other areas, it is clear that the Minister has lost control of his department.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is incredulous that the Taoiseach this morning continues to express confidence in a Minister whose position is clearly untenable. The Taoiseach is also downplaying the impact on Budget 2019 of this massive cost overrun. But the reality is that both the capital budget and general health spending will take a massive hit as a result of such appalling mis-management of this critically important hospital project.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Social Democrats will certainly support any D\u00e1il no-confidence motion in the Minister \u2013 and it is incumbent on Fianna F\u00e1il to do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n
ENDS<\/p>\n
8th<\/sup> February 2019<\/p>\n
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