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

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 Irish Examiner, 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.

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