Donnelly's refusal to appear before committee over Holohan role slammed 

Stephen Donnelly: Has declined invite to appear before Finance Committee over matters relating to secondment of Dr Tony Holohan to TCD.

Opposition TDs have criticised the health minister for declining to appear before the Oireachtas Finance Committee to discuss the now abandoned secondment of Dr Tony Holohan to Trinity College Dublin.

Stephen Donnelly and Department of Health secretary general Robert Watt, who headed  the now abandoned move, have declined the invite to appear before the committee on Wednesday to face questions on how the secondment came about.