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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 was appropriate,” he told ...

19 Apr 2023 at 18:46

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Health service will run with ‘guaranteed’ overspend next year, HSE boss says

Ireland’s health sector will have a “guaranteed” overspend next year, as it runs services for which it is not fully funded, the boss of the HSE has warned. Bernard Gloster said it was unusual to have a deficit built into plans for 2024, but he made ...

24 Oct 2023 at 14:37

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 appointment ...

28 Apr 2022 at 10:01

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Donnelly to review report on appointment of CMO to €187k per year Trinity role

The Health Minister has received a report into the botched appointment of the chief medical officer (CMO) to a professor role at Trinity College Dublin. Dr Tony Holohan said on Saturday (April 9) he would not go ahead with the secondment after ...

12 Apr 2022 at 10:34

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Minister for Public Expenditure defends 'appropriate' salary of highest-paid civil servant

The Minister for Public Expenditure has defended the salary being paid to the secretary general at the Department of Health insisting it is 'appropriate' given the nature of the role. Paschal Donohoe was responding to questions regarding ...

05 Apr 2024 at 09:05

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 14:17

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Committee to hear of Robert Watt's 'regret' over cancellation of Holohan secondment

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 ...

04 May 2022 at 10:43

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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 Health ...

22 Jun 2023 at 17:30

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Taoiseach says he expects Robert Watt to ‘fully’ implement secondment report

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that the government expects senior civil servant Robert Watt to carry out the findings of a report into a botched secondment. The secretary general of the Department of Health rejected the ...

20 Apr 2023 at 17:51

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'What is the health minister doing?' - McDonald criticises govt over hospital crisis

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

16 Feb 2022 at 15:34

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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 ...

15 Feb 2023 at 12:45

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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 ...

19 Apr 2023 at 19:59

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