Head of child services slams HSE accountability
The Opposition are calling on the Children's Minister Frances Fitzgerald to outline how the new legislation on reporting child sex abuse allegations will impact on resources.
It comes after the HSE's Head of Child and Family Services, Gordon Jeyes, likened the accountability structures of the HSE to those of the Catholic Church.
Speaking at a lecture at UCD last month, Mr Jeyes said he found it hard to find practices in the HSE which were "on the side of the public" and "on the side of children".
He also described the moratorium in the HSE as "daft" and "an obstacle in this process of protecting children".
Last month the Government announced it is to bring in new legislation, making it a criminal offence for any adult not to pass on information of child abuse to the gardaí.
But Fianna Fáil's Spokesperson on Children Charlie McConalogue has said more resources will need to be put in place to deal with the possible surge in reports of allegations of child abuse:
