The health minister says the H-S-E has been investigated alleged financial issues at Positive Action for several years.
A Garda investigation is underway into the alleged misuse of funds by the support group for Hepatitis C patients.
The group received over 2.3 million euro of public funds since 2009 - some of which was spent on lobster dinners, manicures and alcohol.
Leo Varadkar says there have been lengthy inquiries into spending at the agency:
