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	There has been stinging criticism of the HSE at this morning&#39;s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for failing to release a report into alleged child abuse at a foster home.</p>
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	The committee discussed the failure to release a report into the alleged rape of dozens of children in a foster home and the handling of the affair by health service officials.</p>
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	Committee vice-chairman John Deasy raised the issue and said he had been notified that the HSE had missed a deadline to release the report into allegations of horrific abuse set by the Information Commissioner.</p>
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	Mr Deasy said the delay &quot;flies in the face&quot; of recent claims by HSE director general Tony O&#39;Brien that he wished to see the report released.</p>
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	The Waterford TD sought the committee to immediately raise the issue with the Department of Health and the HSE to have the report release.</p>
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	The Committee agreed to this request.</p>
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	Mr Deasy has previously alleged at PAC that &quot;a clique of HSE managers&quot; helped to cover up the allegations, which span two decades.</p>
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	Many of the children at the centre of the claims had intellectual disabilities.</p>
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	The HSE has denied any cover-up and said health officials stopped placing children with the foster home, which is in the south-east, after allegations were made in 1993.</p>
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	However, some children at the home were not removed.</p>
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