Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion

Mr. Robert Watt:

I thank the Senator for his question. I will spare the people of Ireland my dancing skills. That is a relatively private matter.

The intention was that the details were to be worked out between the Department and Trinity College. When we had finalised the exact details of the secondment and the funding, it would have been appropriate at that stage to ensure we had full approval and that the Minister was aware of all the details. We may have even brought it to the Government at that stage. I do not know whether we countenanced that but we certainly would have socialised it throughout the system in a more formal way. As I mentioned in my opening statement, and previously in the report, the details had not been worked out. The general idea had been set out in the letter of intent. That was what we were intending to do. The intention was that when the details were worked out, we would go through the formal process in the normal way these decisions have to be-----

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