Who will win in battle between Hiqa and HSE?

One of the major developments in how we run our state in recent decades has been the

establishment of independent regulators. Effectively, government has outsourced the

implementation and enforcement of accountability.

This is particularly evident in Hiqa’s battle with the HSE over the publication

of a controversial report into maternity services at Portlaoise Hospital. Hiqa was

commissioned just over a year ago to investigate the RTE Prime Time Investigates

revelations which revealed that ...