The Minister for Health has been criticised for not agreeing to appear before the special Oireachtas Committee on Covid-19 tomorrow.
The committee has been convened to discuss the recent outbreak of the disease which was linked to meat plants. Minister Donnelly said he and the Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn were fully engaged in dealing with the pandemic and could not attend the committee at such short notice.
Chairman of the committee, Independent TD Michael McNamara said he had spoken to the minister by phone and that he had indicated he would be in a position to attend a committee hearing next week.
However, Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy said this was not good enough and that people needed answers sooner. He said that whenever