Evening Herald front page reporting that Mary Harney refuses to leave junket.

[bored and fussy]

no they are not all the same some of them are worse did you listen to them in the dail today

[just4ever]

lads, you're making very valid points but they're going quite off topic.

[bogtrotter]

Jaysus, another "they're all the same" merchant.

Well, aren't they....

[TommyO'Brien]

So, tell us what the CEO of the HSE is responsible for?

The CEO is responsible for management.

He is responsible to the Minister.

The Minister, who should be calling on him to account for the (many many) farces in the HSE, is off in New Zealand, and like Dempsey, can't be bothered interrupting their trip abroad to assume their political responsibility and demand answers of the managers.

I am not one of those who complains that every ministerial trip is a junket. But however useful a trip it is secondary to their primary role, which is as the parliamentarily accountable head of the health service. Harney should have been on the first plane home. Any minister in that circumstance should be.

[Mitsui2]

The lenihans brothers part in the deification of Haughey before and after his death, surely had a part in landing nice jobs.

The Lenihan brothers - you mean Cain and (Un)able?

[Mitsui2]

Originally Posted by tonic:

...My thanks to those of the 2% here, on all sides, who can not be grouped in with the above description, it’s been fun, sometimes.

Cheers, Tonic - you're a pal.

That last line almost sounds like a farewell!
HBAP, do you think tonic's been transferred?
Is he about to do a Dr Who (or indeed a HAL/TonyS) and come back in a new body with a new ident?
Will he still spout the same ould I-see-no-evil-therefore-if-you-do-you're-a-cretin twaddle?

Whew! The excitement is killing me!

[just4ever]

Anyone seen any papers yet today? Are they calling for her to come home?

[loner]

Jaysus, another "they're all the same" merchant.

You gotta give him a bit of latitude Fake Viking---he is new to the site-this is only his 83rd post---I think he is part of a cabal of FF trollers who have recently started posting--might be Tonys replacement.

[Amach na Casca]

Mary Harney, according to the Evening Herald, has refused to come home from her 15 day junket in New Zealand to deal with the Tallaght X-Ray scandal. While this scandal unfolds she and her husband with three aides are enjoying the 5 star trip at the tax payers expense.

Surely the opposition should have suspended the pairing arrangement and called a vote of no confidence before the Dail adjourned.

I'm absolutely sick to the teeth of this Government and the contempt they show for the public. This is unacceptable behaviour from a Minister, she should be removed from office for negligence of duties.

[Thirdwatch]

Mary, when the curtain comes down, it's time to get of the stage. Your position as health minister is a farce. This government needs to go.