Simon Harris: 'I actually loved being health minister'

Simon Harris reflects on four years of 'the most intense, difficult and frustrating job'

Simon Harris described his time as health minister as ‘intense’ (Brian Lawless/PA)

Former health minister Simon Harris has described his four years at the helm of the Health Department as the “most intense, difficult and frustrating” job he could have ever imagined.

He said being health minister as the coronavirus pandemic took hold of the country was a “frightening and intense time”.