Irish Ex-Health Minister Simon Harris was asked if he is “ashamed” that children are still waiting years for scoliosis procedures – a problem he said would be solved by 2017. “I accept responsibility,” he said, before adding that the target was given to him by the HSE. #gript
“People will ultimately judge us by how well we’ve worked together.”
Remembers the “entire construction industry collapsing.”
She might as well have said “well, come into Dublin at your own risk”. In fact, scratch “might as well” – that’s exactly what she said.
“I don’t want to comment on individual cases”: After a brief interruption, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar answers whether he takes responsibility for children waiting years for scoliosis surgery – a problem that then-Health Minister Simon Harris said would be solved by 2017. #gript
Flashback.
“It is the kind of thing that only a fundamentally unserious party, or country, would do.”
Prison service “currently drafting a policy.”
Slopping Out
Joke shop.
“They were economic migrants”: Ex-Irish immigration official Seán Deegan explains why he rejected 99% of asylum claims he heard. #gript
“Children are being indoctrinated instead of taught.”