PAC to seek date on which Robert Watt first took receipt of €81k raise 

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe strongly defended the Government's decision to award the €294,000 salary to Mr Watt

The PAC is set to write to the Department of Health to seek clarity as to when Mr Watt, its secretary general, first began taking receipt of his €81,000 raise. Picture: Gareth Chaney Collins

The Public Accounts Committee is to write to two Government departments seeking clarity on senior officials’ pay in the fallout from the controversy surrounding Robert Watt’s salary.

At a meeting this afternoon the committee agreed to write to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) to suggest that in future published accounts for State Departments should detail the level of pay of their chief officials.