Overview

• Simon Harris has agreed to meet Harvey Morrison Sherratt’s parents to discuss the clinical and administrative decisions in their son’s care
• The Tánaiste has requested a full multidisciplinary report on the timeline of Harvey’s access to urgent scoliosis surgery
• Opposition politicians and campaigners are demanding a public inquiry into Children’s Health Ireland’s paediatric spinal services and a vote of no confidence in Harris
• Critics point out that Harris’s 2017 pledge to cap paediatric scoliosis treatment waits at four months was not met in Harvey’s case
• Official CHI figures show 231 children on spinal surgery waiting lists at the end of July, with 38 waiting over six months and eight waiting longer than a year