Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe backs Simon Harris as calls mount for Tánaiste to resign over scoliosis scandal

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe backs Simon Harris as calls mount for Tánaiste to resign over scoliosis scandal

Tipperary South TD Michael Murphy and Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe in Clonmel on Wednesday. Deputy Donohoe was speaking in Tipperary to mark the opening of the new Sherry FitzGerald Pollard FitzGerald office, involving his party colleague FG Cllr John FitzGerald, who is leading the new office team in Clonmel

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has said he has full confidence in Simon Harris despite calls for the Tánaiste to resign following the death of scoliosis sufferer Harvey Morrison Sherratt.

Harvey’s parents, Gillian Sherratt and Stephen Morrison, have called for the Tánaiste to resign following the nine-year-old boy’s death on July 29.

As Health Minister in 2017, Mr