Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has said she has received a timeline of care report, which she commissioned, in relation to the late Harvey Morrison.
The nine-year old who had spina bifida and scoliosis died last month.
Minister Carroll MacNeill said she remains available to meet with the family, at a time of their choosing, and has not discussed the report yet with Children's Health Ireland doctors.
HSE chief Bernard Gloster said he received the "draft" timeline of the care report from Children's Health Ireland detailing their engagement with the case.
He said he is now engaging with the family through correspondence and hopes that at some stage they would like to take the opportunity meet him to discuss the draft timeline of care report.
Mr Gloster said he was conscious that this week is one month since Harvey's death and he wanted to allow the family time to grieve.
Harvey's parents, Stephen Morrison and Gillian Sherratt, have said Harvey waited years for a spinal operation, and only got one last November, when the curve in his spine had reached 130 degrees.
Last year, they said he had been removed from the CHI waiting list for urgent scoliosis surgery, without their consent or knowledge.
He was first placed on the waiting list in February 2022.
Separately, Minister Carroll MacNeill said she will be meeting CHI next week to further discuss scoliosis surgery.
She said there is a new spinal surgeon in place since 11 August.
This surgeon has already begun work on surgeries that require two surgeons and will be developing her own list of patients for surgery.
The Minister said the HSE tried to recruit more than one new spinal surgeon but was unable to do so.
She said the health service needs to find more spinal surgeons to come and work in Ireland.
Minister Carroll MacNeill said it was not for her to put a timeline in place on when a child should have surgery, as this was a clinical decision.
She said the issue was to ensure a clinical decision is made at the right time, with the right multidisciplinary care, at a time the child is well, and when they have access to their surgery.
Both the Minister and the HSE chief executive were speaking at a HSE conference on integrated care in Dublin today.
