Ministers have warned the government's relationship with NPHET needs to be rebooted after the last 48 hours.
Relations between the two groups are at an all time low after the government rejected NPHET's recommendation to move to level five and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar was strongly critical of the group.
Independent TD Mattie McGrath is one of those very critical of the CMO, while Public Expenditure Minister Michael McGrath admits there's an issue with the relationship.
Mattie McGrath criticising Dr Tony Holohan saying he was like “John Wayne coming back in with the six guns” to shut the place down pic.twitter.com/Yi5YWnyMVE
— Seán Defoe (@SeanDefoe) October 6, 2020
Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy says it's the right call on balance, while Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said the public will ultimately decide whether it's the right call.
Public need clear picture of reasoning behind latest decision —
Government need to put in place supports for society and the economy https://t.co/J51yCzLS4b pic.twitter.com/Dlj5WTf43J— Catherine Murphy (@CathMurphyTD) October 6, 2020
It's expected there will be some tense exchanges on the issue at Leaders' Questions in the Dáil at 2.
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