Health Tapes
Remarks by DoH officials on leaked recordings ‘an assault on competence of HSE board’, says Finlay
Department of Health official amends letter of regret to include apology for ‘not appropriate or thought-out’ comments
“Gratuitous” comments made by Department of Health officials were described as an “assault on the professional competence, judgement and diligence” of the HSE board.
The claim was made by Fergus Finlay, a high-profile member of the board, following a series of revelations contained in the Business Post’s health tapes reports earlier this year.
In a terse email sent to fellow board members on the Sunday that the story was published, Finlay described the officials’ comments ...