Received
Decided 30 October 2025
Refused
Request Reference FOI-0328-2025
Requester Type Journalist
Department of Health

1. Records of all correspondence, including but not limited to briefing documents, memos, phone calls, letters, emails and draft briefing documents, between the Secretary General at the Department of Health, the Minister for Health, staff at the Minister’s office, Departmental staff and external stakeholders regarding a public inquiry into scoliosis and spina bifida care at Children’s Health Ireland between Monday 1 September 2025 and Sunday 5 October 2025. 2. Records of the briefing documents prepared for the Minister for Health for a meeting with two parents on Tuesday 29 September 2025. 3. Records of meetings and notes from meetings between Department officials, the Minister and two parents on Tuesday 29 September 2025.