Colm Desmond
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Who are the NPHET members overseeing Ireland’s response to Covid-19?
- Irish News
- April 30, 2020, 10:37
The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) is expected to sign off on a final version of the plan to ease Ireland’s Covid-19 restrictions at a (...)

Department head accused of ‘disrespect’ over refusal to discuss hospital costs
- Health
- January 23, 2019, 10:23
An Oireachtas committee has accused the head of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform of treating it with disrespect over his refusal to giv(...)

Cost hike of €450m for children’s hospital ‘very disturbing’
- Health
- January 23, 2019, 01:00
An additional €450 million will have to be found to cover a “very significant and disturbing” escalation in the cost of the new national children’s ho(...)

Campaign to dissuade patients using private insurance in hospitals causes €100m HSE loss
- Health
- October 24, 2018, 09:37
A campaign by health insurers to dissuade their subscribers from using their insurance when admitted to hospitals though emergency departments has led(...)