Cusher TUV Councillor Keith Ratcliffe said:
“TUV was the first party to call for a public inquiry into this scandal back in September after I had the privilege of being part of a delegation which met with the Health Minister.
“At that time, my colleague Timothy Gaston MLA gave a commitment that he would use his position to press the Minister on the need for a full public inquiry under the terms of the Inquires Act.
“I regret that three months later Minister Nesbitt has still failed to even answer a series of basic questions on the scandal – even though Assembly standing orders require that he respond to MLAs within 10 days.
“I am pleased to say that Timothy has promised to revisit the issue before the Assembly closes for the Christmas break and press the Minister to not just answer the questions put to him but to clarify just how long he has been sitting on draft answers provided by his officials.”