Graeme Meehan case
Deputy Cronin said her constituent Graeme Meehan was still not getting the HSE contact needed to progress his rights and supports. The Taoiseach said he would speak to Minister of State Rabbitte and have his office liaise on the case.
It feels like Groundhog Day when I have to raise again here the case of my constituent, Graeme Meehan, as I did a few weeks ago. Raising his case on the floor of the Dáil - with the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, actually taking the trouble to act on it - still has not been enough to get the HSE to do its job by contacting Mr. Meehan's mother, Maura, to get the ball rolling to give him the rights he deserves as a citizen. I am grateful to the Minister of State. I received an email from her this morning identical to one that Graeme's mother received on 2 November. The Minister of State is appallingly unsupported when challenging the HSE. The HSE spent the guts of half a billion euro on external management consultants - not medical consultants - last year. It spent €456 million of public money on the top six management consultancy firms, yet it cannot rouse itself to make a phone call after eight months. Is the Government in charge at all, or is it like the case of RTÉ? Is the HSE running rings around it? Can it not even insist that the HSE makes a call?
