Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health

Mr. Robert Watt:

It was a private conversation. Basically, from my recollection, I made two points to the director-general, namely, the allegations were fairly serious and we did not believe they were valid.

That is my recollection of the two points I made to the director-general. It was a friendly enough conversation. It was not aggressive. I said it was very serious and I wanted to make sure Dee Forbes heard from me directly that we were disturbed by what was being proposed and what the programme would say.