Minister for Health will sack HSE managers if they fail to do their job
Simon Harris has promised HSE managers will be sacked if they don’t ‘measure up and do their job’.
The promise came as Fine Gael TDs called for changes to the law so that people can be dismissed if failing in their duties.
Simon Harris told TDs he intended to get ‘under the bonnet’ of the HSE to hold it to account.
But he also said HSE management have to be held to account as well - and Fine Gael could not stand over what was revealed in Monday night’s documentary on RTE which showed that tens of thousands of patients aren't counted on waiting lists..
Cork Fianna Fáil TD Billy Kelleher says the Minister has to step up and act on the issues under his brief:
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