PAC to probe if Robert Watt had role in setting €292k salary for top health job

Robert Watt was appointed by Cabinet 10 days ago as the top official in the Department of Health on an interim basis, and at a salary of €292,000,

The Dáil’s spending watchdog is to investigate what role, if any, top civil servant Robert Watt had in setting a salary of €292,000 for the new secretary-general at the Department of Health, a job he now holds.

Mr Watt was appointed by Cabinet 10 days ago as the top official in the Department of Health on an interim basis, but is seen as the clear frontrunner to get the job on a permanent basis.