Govt's Covid review 'late-in-the-day and weak' - McDonald
Taoiseach Simon Harris has defended the planned evaluation of the State's response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking this morning Mr Harris said it was important to establish what went well, and what did not.
Opposition parties and patient campaigners have expressed concern that the evaluation will have no legal powers. Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald criticised what she called the Government's "late-in-the-day and weak" review of its pandemic response.
In a statement she said that powers of compellability may be needed to get closure and transparency for the many bereaved families. "What the Government is proposing does not have the confidence of many bereaved families.
They need to know that this will not be a whitewash. "It is essential that the Covid review is independent and empowered to establish what happened.
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