Questions remain over Tony Holohan's 'unusual' €187k move to Trinity
Some TDs were deeply unhappy with the appointment of outgoing Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan to a full professorship at TCD, retaining his €187,000-a-year salary. Picture: Gareth Chaney /Collins Photos
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly and his top official Robert Watt will have to account for the decision to grant Tony Holohan an “open-ended” secondment to Ireland’s oldest university.
Public Expenditure Minister Michael McGrath said the secondment of the outgoing chief medical officer to Trinity College Dublin at €187,000 a year “could have been handled better”.
