Fourth pay hike for Robert Watt will push his salary over €300k

Secretary General at the Department of Health Robert Watt is in line for a fourth pay increase later this year, which will push his salary above €300,000. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Top civil servant Robert Watt is in line for a fourth pay increase later this year, which will push his salary above €300,000.

The news comes just a day after the Irish Examiner revealed that Mr Watt saw his pay increased for a third time on Monday, February 1, from €294,920 to just under €298,000.