Taoiseach agrees to meet with parents of Aoife Johnson alongside Health Minister [Video]

TAOISEACH SIMON HARRIS has agreed to meet with the parents of Aoife Johnson, who died at the age of sixteen in University Hospital Limerick from sepsis after waiting 12 hours to be seen in 2022. 

On 20 September, an independent report into the death of Aoife Johnston at University Hospital Limerick found a series of failings in how the hospital handled her case. 

In the report, former chief justice Frank Clarke described the circumstances around her death as “almost certainly avoidable”.

The family’s solicitor previously said they wanted a statutory inquiry into Aoife’s death.

Speaking to reporters in Washington DC today, Harris said that he would “100%” meet with the family of Aoife Johnson.

“I’ve met with them before. They’re a beautiful family grieving the loss of a beautiful daughter in the most horrific, unacceptable and somewhat inexplicable circumstances in relation to a statutory inquiry.”

On Sunday, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said that he is “wary” …