Secretary general at the Department of Health says it was ‘very clear what we were trying to achieve was a public interest measure’ on appointment of former chief medical officer to role at Trinity College Dublin
Robert Watt, the secretary general of the Department of Health, has rejected a key finding of a report into Dr Tony Holohan’s proposed appointment to a role at Trinity College Dublin.
A review of the process by Maura Quinn, the former head of the Institute of Directors, said that Holohan should not have been “exclusively personally involved” in the negotiation of potential university partners and nor should any possible research funding have been linked to ...
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