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Committee seeks powers to compel senior civil servant to appear over Holohan row

The Oireachtas Finance Committee will seek powers to compel the Secretary General of the Department of Health to appear before it. Politicians at the committee are hoping to quiz Robert Watt over the botched appointment of Chief Medical Officer Dr ...

27 Apr 2022 at 16:25

Ireland

Donnelly will face committee scrutiny over Holohan controversy, says Taoiseach

The Health Minister is not dodging scrutiny over the botched appointment of Dr Tony Holohan to a role in Trinity College Dublin, the Taoiseach has said. Micheal Martin was forced to defend Stephen Donnelly, as well as the secretary general of the ...

26 Apr 2022 at 17:55

Ireland

Health Minister receives report on Tony Holohan controversy

The Health Minister has received a report into the botched appointment of the chief medical officer to a professor role at Trinity College Dublin. Dr Tony Holohan said on Saturday he would not go ahead with the secondment after the Government ...

11 Apr 2022 at 22:25

Ireland

Top civil servants to face Oireachtas committee over Holohan controversy

Senior Irish civil servants are set to be grilled by an Oireachtas committee later this month over the botched appointment of the chief medical officer to a role in Trinity College Dublin. The Oireachtas Finance Committee intends to question ...

12 Apr 2022 at 17:25

Ireland

Taoiseach defends minister and civil servant’s trip to Dubai health conference

The Taoiseach has defended the decision to fly the Irish health minister and the top civil servant in the Department of Health to Dubai for an event. It was reported on Friday that secretary general of the Department of Health Robert Watt, ...

28 Jan 2022 at 17:25

Ireland

Watt denies committing funds for Holohan secondment without minister’s approval

The secretary-general of the Department of Health has denied that he approved funding for Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan’s secondment to Trinity College without the go-ahead from Health Minister Stephen Donnelly. Robert Watt told the ...

04 May 2022 at 12:55

Ireland

Robert Watt ‘regrets’ that Tony Holohan secondment will not go ahead

The secretary general of the Department of Health will tell the Oireachtas Health Committee of his “regret” that the appointment of the chief medical officer to a professor role will not now go ahead. Robert Watt will appear before the ...

03 May 2022 at 20:25

Tony Holohan and Robert Watt set to be quizzed by Oireachtas Health Committee

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CMO and Robert Watt set to be quizzed by Oireachtas Health Committee

The chief medical officer and the top civil servant at the Department of Health are set to attend the Oireachtas Health Committee next week. Dr Tony Holohan and Robert Watt will be grilled by politicians next Wednesday over the ...

28 Apr 2022 at 12:33

Ireland

CMO and Robert Watt set to be quizzed by Oireachtas Health Committee

27 Apr 2022 at 20:55

Ireland

Government ‘failing miserably’ over hospitals crisis, says McDonald

The Government has been accused of “failing miserably” to deal with the crisis in hospitals by the leader of Sinn Fein. Mary Lou McDonald told the Dail that new figures showed 1,100 people aged 75 and older were on a ...

16 Feb 2022 at 15:25

Ireland

Health minister dismisses as ‘soap opera’ suggestions of power struggle

The health minister has dismissed as a “soap opera” suggestions of a power struggle with the most senior civil servant in his department. Stephen Donnelly made clear he set policy direction within the Department of ...

22 Jun 2023 at 17:30

Ireland

‘Real arms race’ on defending Irish health system against cyber attacks

There is a “real arms race” between cyber attackers and efforts to defend Irish health systems, a committee has heard. The Public Accounts Committee also heard that 32,000 letters had been issued in recent weeks ...

09 Feb 2023 at 12:42

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