Watt says Donnelly was not told of Holohan secondment funding because of 'hack'

Department of Health Secretary General Robert Watt has suggested that Minister Stephen Donnelly was not made aware of funding for Dr Tony Holohan’s botched secondment because his “computer was hacked”.

However, appearing in front of the Oireachtas Finance Committee on Wednesday afternoon, Mr Watt said he “rejects most of the findings of the report”. “But we couldn’t send [it]. Four or five days later, the machine got up and the Minister was available again. We didn’t communicate with him. It was a technical issue.

During a fiery row with Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty, Mr Watt denied that he “approved” an allocation of €2m a year to Trinity in a “letter of intent”, which was sent in March 2022.“We were committed in the letter to finalise an agreement. We were committed to appointing people to finalise the details.

The letter of intent read: “The Department of Health commits to make an annual ring-fenced allocation of €2M for the duration of the secondment.”

Finance Finance Latest News, Finance Finance Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Holohan report: Watt rejects most findings as Donnelly says all involved acted in 'good faith'Robert Watt, the Secretary General of the Department of Health, has rejected 'most' of the findings in the report into the botched secondment of Dr Tony Holohan Time this guy was rejected by LeoVaradkar and given his P45. robertwatt and stephendonnelly, two of the best reasons to vote for sinnfeinireland. rtenews
Source: thejournal_ie - 🏆 32. / 50 Read more »