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GERRY ADAMS HAS said it is unacceptable that James Reilly is overseeing a review into how a company founded by the director of the West/North West Hospital Group, Noel Daly, was appointed to examine maternity services under the group’s remit.
Sinn Féin’s leader had raised the issue during Leaders’ Questions last week but, as Enda Kenny was not present then, he brought it up once more today.
Kenny said that the “matter is being dealt with seriously by the Minister of Health”. Adams questioned how Reilly could examine the issue when he was the one who appointed Daly to his current role in 2012.
Daly set up D & F Health Partnership Ltd with Deirdre Foley Woods in 2008. Upon his appointment to the hospital group, Daly resigned as chair of the Health Partnership.
He retained a 50 per cent share in the company but the hospital group said he has received “no financial reward of any kind from the company since his retirement in December 2011″ and “remains committed to disposing of his shares”.
Last month, Reilly said he was “satisfied that this operational matter is being dealt with appropriately by the HSE working with the CEO and the Group Board”.
He added that the Director General has written to the Hospital Group Chairperson and the CEO to ensure there will be “no further breaches of procurement rules”.
At the time, the hospitals group said it “cooperated fully” with the internal review and accepted its recommendation that a register of members’ interests be established and maintained to avoid conflicts of interest.
Adams also questioned how a review of discretionary medical cards was underway when Peter Tyndall, the Ombudsman and Information Commissioner, said “original files on the decisions made about discretionary cards are not available”.
How can you conduct a review if these cards are not available?
Kenny said he didn’t know why this was the case, saying: “I’ll have that checked for you, I can’t answer that question.”
Adams responded: “I don’t think it’s good enough, Taoiseach”.
Children with terminal illnesses have had their medical cards taken away… What happened to the contrition of 21 and 22 May?
“You’re telling me that I’m supposed to know all of these details. I’m telling you candidly that I don’t,” Kenny stated.
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Nobody cares just give us your dollars
Myself no interest in this type of sports but many many are and will going to the game today so best of luck and hope all have a enjoyable day
Yeah like Ireland is notorious for Florida State and Georgia Tech fans.
@Jessie Pinkman: fancy a bit of Penn State myself, probably because they sound like a prison team.
The safety on the streets should be tha winner.
@P. V. Aglue: as much as the conservative-males-afraid-of-cities brigade want it to be true, the city is packed all the time with people going about their business unharmed
@eoin fitzpatrick: if the city is so busy why are businesses closing at a rapid rate?
@The next small thing: because of increasing costs, mostly.
I have no interest but nice to see random polls. Not long now to the clocks going back
@Maniac 2000: great specials in Aldi this Thursday
@David Burns: The birked water is dirt cheap.
Was talking to a couple of yanks in town yesterday who reckon Florida are the better team, but they were delighted to be here as underdogs, So i’ll go Georgia for the win!
So basically its a tourism grab …. which is brilliant but why not promote it to a wider audience on 2 or 3 different channels instead of TG4 ?? Or are the GAA getting the usual kick back from one Chanel
@and the hit’s just keep coming:
The GAA have absolutely nothing to do with it. What are you talking about??
@Alan OConnor: Georgia Tech will be coaching Ballyboden St Enda’s GAA from 2-3 pm and Florida State will be coaching at Kilmacud Crokes GAA from 4.45-6.15 pm.
Florida State to just shave it by a couple points
couldn’t care less
@qffaffaf affrafrfraf: Not caring less would be not commenting at all.
@qffaffaf affrafrfraf: it seems you do care
How much ‘football’ is there actually ? This sport needs to be renamed.
@offside again: along with GAA which should be called hand passing ball
@offside again: Exactly we call Gaelic in this country football, and football is soccer. Something wrong here as there is no kicking in American Football, and not much more these days in Gaelic Football
Why are the journal not allowing comment on the Palestinian protest in Dublin today.
@Dermot Porter: Criticism of the left is not allowed on The Journal.
@Sullmeister: Not as profitable
Why is this rubbish on rte yet they refused to show Rovers or Pats European games?
Proper beer on sale, no Heino or Guinness either, will be close match.
@Robert Bell: Duff????
@Robert Bell: I think I heard last year they were giving the beers away for free in the Aviva .
@kevin rock: yeh the card machines went down last year for nearly the whole match.
The pubs in Temple Bar will be the winners with their €10 a pint!
Disgusting charging 30 euro for hotdogs. The Americans will never come back.
Was at the match, great atmosphere. Great game, went right down to the wire with a 44 yard field goal in the last play of the game winning it for Georgia
Didn’t know this was even on
What’s American tiddlywinks like?
@Garreth Byrne: flipping great
Should have scheduled the game and loads more U.S. games to be played here on the day of the U.S Presidential election
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