Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am happy the Minister has confirmed it will not affect people on the front line delivering services.

Saying something is transparent because it can be obtained under freedom of information is an issue on which we will eternally disagree. If it was a freedom of information request, it would not be there.

The correspondence shows there is a tension of sorts between the Department and the HSE. It arises from the fact the HSE has stated clearly it cannot fulfil the delivery of services. We also see the Department having a hand in trying to change the language the HSE uses. I found that quite disturbing. If the HSE brings a problem to the attention of the Department, the Department should be trying to work with it to address it, not trying to get the HSE to reframe the problem to ensure it does not look like such a significant issue.

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