'Following discussions over recent weeks with the Department for Health, I now wish to step down and provide for an orderly transition to a new chair'

The surgeries were carried out by a surgeon at Children’s Health Ireland at Temple Street hospital.

Pearse Doherty said it was alleged that the surgeries were conducted ‘purely for financial gain’.

Child's daughter warned those caring for loved ones in hospital to remain vigilant and to keep asking questions

Danielle Millar received her spinal diagnosis by chance when the astute nurse noticed a slight curve and sent her for an x-ray while she was receiving treatment for her ENT (ear, nose and throat) problems last year.

The five-year-old has been receiving treatment in Temple Street Children's Hospital since the attack in November last year

The family are to distribute roughly 820 Easter eggs to the charity Children’s Health Foundation at Temple Street, Dublin this year.

The girl has Spina Bifida and underwent an operation on her spine at Temple Street, which was not successful

Luke is the last of three children to still have an alleged unauthorised spring device in his spine from his surgery at the hospital three years ago.

Some families have criticised the of an HSE-commissioned probe into surgeries at Children’s Health Ireland hospitals

There remained issues about trust and communication with parents, she said.

Eilish Hardiman told of the Oireachtas t Committee on Health that she did not receive correspondence discussing the use of the devices.

One group, the Scoliosis Advocacy Network, has called on Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to become directly involved in shaping the review.

Dr Okafor was speaking on RTÉ radio’s News at One following the publication of further reviews by Children’s Health Ireland into spinal surgery cases at Temple Street hospital.

An external review into spinal surgery at Children’s Health Ireland Temple Street Hospital in Dublin has been ordered following poor outcomes

The review will be conducted by Mr Selvadurai Nayagam, Consultant in Orthopaedics and Trauma, and Head of the Limb Reconstruction Unit at the Royal Liverpool University and Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospitals.

Hannah Jones was six years of age and making a necklace with beads when she inserted a bead in her left ear and had to be referred to Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin to have it removed

Scoliosis operations for children were scheduled to take place over the next three weeks at Temple Street Hospital in Dublin.