Tag: Robert Watt
5 months ago
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Hospitals to face financial taskmasters in drive to save HSE money and boost efficiency

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly is setting up a new taskforce to examine how productive each Irish hospital is at tr...

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6 months ago
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Top civil servant to be hauled before politicians over ‘smoking gun’ email showing he knew about ...

A senior civil servant is to be hauled before two Oireachtas committees to account for his claim that he didn’t see a...

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6 months ago
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Bad blood: Explosive email from Health Department mandarin Robert Watt reveals deep split in Cabi...

Department of Health secretary general Robert Watt warned that the health service’s budget was “not credible” or “hon...

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6 months ago
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‘Smoking gun’ email shows top civil servant knew about HSE crisis

A senior civil servant responded to a crucial email from the HSE’s chief executive – warning of a major crisis with t...

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7 months ago
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Hugh O’Connell: Pint might help HSE medicine go down, but €3bn deficit remains a bitter pill

Stephen Donnelly was recently spotted in a Dublin pub having pints with Bernard Gloster. It is a development that wil...

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about 1 year ago
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Too big to fail: So what now for the civil servant they call ‘Minister Robert Watt’?

It is possible that had Robert Watt taken a different path in life, he might have found himself on the other side of ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Disabilities Minister Anne Rabbitte wants her ‘Cinderella’ department to go to the ball

Anne Rabbitte, the minister of state for disabilities, is anxious to get out of the Department of Health. It’s not th...

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almost 2 years ago
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Anne Rabbitte says disabilities is the ‘Cinderella’ within Department of Health – ‘We’re never th...

Anne Rabbitte, the minister of state for disabilities, is anxious to get out of the Department of Health. It’s not th...

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almost 2 years ago
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Stephen Donnelly suggests mandatory mask-wearing could be reintroduced

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has suggested mandatory mask-wearing could be reintroduced on public transport and i...

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almost 2 years ago
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Never say Nphet again

Tony Holohan will resign as chief medical officer on Friday week after 14 years in the role. “In total demob mode,” i...

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almost 2 years ago
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Never say Nphet again

Tony Holohan will resign as chief medical officer on Friday week after 14 years in the role. “In total demob mode,” i...

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about 2 years ago
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Stephen Donnelly at odds with top civil servant Robert Watt over Dáil committee appearance into H...

Stephen Donnelly is at odds with his top civil servant Robert Watt, who is declining to appear before an Oireachtas c...

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about 2 years ago
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Robert Watt could face Dáil vote after he declines to appear before Finance Committee

TDS and Senators could be asked to vote on whether Robert Watt should appear before an Oireachtas Finance Committee a...

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about 2 years ago
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Robert Watt says it is not ‘reasonable’ to attend another Oireachtas committee for questions on H...

Department of Health secretary general Robert Watt has said it is not “reasonable” for him to attend more than one Oi...

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about 2 years ago
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Another fine mess: civil servants under fire as Tony Holohan quits public service

Last Wednesday morning Stephen Donnelly said he fully supported Tony Holohan’s move to an academic post at Trinity Co...

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about 2 years ago
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Civil servants under fire as Tony Holohan gives up top Trinity College role amid row over botched...

Chief medical officer Tony Holohan will quit the public service entirely this summer after the Taoiseach paused the m...

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about 2 years ago
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Health chief Robert Watt refutes report HSE is using ‘fake’ recruitment targets

Department of Health secretary-general Robert Watt has said it is “absolutely not the case” there is anything “underh...

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