Tánaiste defends Health Minister as Opposition TDs call on him to return amid spinal surgeries 'scandal'

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly is currently attending the UN in New York. File photo: Sasko Lazarov / © RollingNews.ie

The Tánaiste has strongly defended Stephen Donnelly for travelling to New York amid a “national scandal” concerning spinal surgeries.

The Health Minister's decision to travel to the UN to attend events on pandemic preparedness has been criticised by members of the Opposition in the Dáil on Wednesday.