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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 the top ...

12 Apr 2022 at 17:25

Ireland

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

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 botched ...

28 Apr 2022 at 12:33

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 ...

28 Jan 2022 at 17:25

Working conditions for non-consultant hospital doctors must change says top health official

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Robert Watt: Working conditions for non-consultant hospital doctors must change

The difficult working conditions raised by non-consultant hospital doctors are “not sustainable” and “need to change”, Secretary General of the Department of Health Robert Watt has told a committee. On Monday, the Irish Medical ...

15 Jun 2022 at 15:33

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Up to 20 nursing home charges cases could result in further liabilities – Watt

There are between a dozen and 20 active cases taken against the State over private nursing home charges that could result in further liabilities, a committee has heard. The Oireachtas Health Committee was told there were over ...

15 Feb 2023 at 20:33

Ireland

Robert Watt: I don’t accept the report into the secondment of Dr Tony Holohan

Department of Health secretary general Robert Watt has said he does not accept the findings of a review into a controversial proposed secondment of the then chief medical officer. “I’m very happy that the secondment process ...

19 Apr 2023 at 18:46

Ireland

Health minister gave devices to cyber security body after ‘hack’

Minister of Health Stephen Donnelly and another department official were advised not to use their devices during a St Patrick’s Day trip to the US in March 2022, in an incident described by department secretary general ...

19 Apr 2023 at 19:59

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Up to 20 nursing home charges cases could result in further liabilities – Watt

15 Feb 2023 at 20:33

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 ...

11 Apr 2022 at 22:25

Ireland

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

27 Apr 2022 at 20:55

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