Taoiseach Micheál Martin said stronger supports would be allocated towards improving spinal services for children. Photograph: Noel Sweeney/PA Wire
The Government faced strong criticism over delays in treatment for children with scoliosis during the first Leaders’ Questions session of the new Dáil term. The area of waiting lists for disability services was also a strong point of Government criticism.
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns both raised the case of Harvey Morrison Sherratt, who died on July 29th following a sudden deterioration in his health.
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