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

Photo of Seán KyneSeán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I know Mr. Watt has set out the number of secondments within his Department but this was not about an ordinary individual within the Department. This was a very senior and respected individual who had been on our television screens for a year and a half at that stage. This was not a junior position. It was a person who was well known and respected. Mr. Watt should have known this was going to create headlines, particularly when the issue of the salary arrangements was relayed. That should have been brought to the Cabinet, at least, for Mr. Watt's own sake and, more important, that of Dr. Holohan. Was this discussed at management board meetings between Mr. Watt, the senior Minister and the Ministers of State?

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