Taoiseach refuses to apologise to Sinn Féin over health budget claim 

Simon Harris hit out at Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald for what he called 'faux outrage' over the health service

Taoiseach Simon Harris said Sinn Féin's alternative health budget had 'disappeared and vanished like Shergar'. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/ RollingNews.ie

The Taoiseach has said he is not apologising to Sinn Féin for claiming that the party had deleted its health budget from its website.

During angry exchanges over health during Leaders' Questions, Simon Harris said Sinn Féin's alternative health budget had "disappeared and vanished like Shergar from its website" after he had raised it yesterday — prompting contradictions from the opposition benches.