Ministers feel excluded from key Government decisions
Frustration kicks in as sub-group, NPHET, civil servants make key Covid-19 decisions
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Health Simon Harris are two of the three members of the sub-committee; the third member is Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe. Photograph: Leon Farrell/PA Wire
A number of Cabinet members have expressed frustration that critical Government decisions on the Covid-19 pandemic have been taken by a small group of Ministers and unelected officials.
Ministers have privately said they felt excluded from key all-of-Government decisions during the coronavirus crisis, with the Cabinet being asked to approve decisions which had already been made.