Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Is there not something bigger or as big at stake regarding the independence of the audit function at the HSE when a Minister can issue such an instruction? My understanding always was that there was an administrative side and a political side. There is an interference here that is highly unusual. I do not know if it is unprecedented but it is very unusual that it should happen. I have serious concerns on this issue.