Robert Watt had 'no input' into €292k salary, says Minister McGrath

Robert Watt had 'no input' into the sanctioning of a €292,000 salary for the new secretary-general at the Department of Health, Minister Michael McGrath will say tomorrow.
Top civil servant Robert Watt had “no input” into the sanctioning of a €292,000 salary for the new secretary-general at the Department of Health, Minister Michael McGrath will say tomorrow.
Documents sent by Mr McGrath to the committee, obtained by the
, do, however, show Mr Watt did have extensive involvement in the formation of a booklet relating to the new post, which he currently occupies on an interim basis on a salary of €211,000.