The HSE have announced the name of the person that has agreed to act as the independent chairperson of their inquiry into Niall McElwee and how the Midlands Health Board did not tell anyone what they knew about the conviction in Amsterdam. Or is it why the health board never knew anything in the first place? Well nobody knows what the inquiry is about as the terms of reference have not been published yet. There are also concerns as to the powers that the chairperson will have and if people will be compelled to appear.

Brian Hayes, Fine Gael spokesperson on Health called yesterday for the inquiry’s terms to be extended to the hiring of McElwee by Athlone Institute of Technology in the first place and how information regarding the Waterford Institute of Technology. He repeated that call today.

What terms of reference would readers of Maman Poulet suggest for the inquiry?