'Tony does not suffer fools'
Contrasted directly with his successor, former Health Minister Simon Harris emerges in a notably stronger light.
However, the book illustrates a difficult picture for anyone who happens to be in charge of the Irish healthcare system under the rule of Taoiseach Micheál Martin, himself a former Minister for Health.Another [healthcare official] says of Donnelly,"Harris could be difficult, but basically there is no substitute for experience and Stephen Donnelly thinks he’s an awful lot cleverer than he is. He doesn’t understand how to use the support of his own department to get things done.
"The remarkable thing about Donnelly is, you can bring him something that’s good news with a bow wrapped around it and say, 'Why don’t you go and announce this?' And he’ll either screw up the announcement or argue with you about, “Is it the right thing to do?” or be suspicious of why you’re giving [it to] him, you know, 'Is it ticking?'"Members of NPHET, for their part, suspect that Donnelly does not have a strong relationship with his Chief Medical Officer.
"He just drives us nuts. It’s the bottom line. The relationship is minimal and it mostly focuses on trying to get the job done without the handicap that is Stephen Donnelly."One senior member of the party says that any Health Minister under Micheál Martin has an extraordinarily difficult job.
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