Stephen Donnelly to answer questions over Holohan move - but only after review is completed

Sinn Féin health spokesman says he can't see why the Minister for Health can't attend both Oireachtas committees, health and finance, to discuss Tony Holohan's now abandoned secondment

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly pictured with then chief medical officer Tony Holohan during a Covid-related announcement in 2020. File picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews 

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has indicated that he would attend the Oireachtas health committee to discuss the botched secondment of Tony Holohan to Trinity College Dublin — but only after an independent review is finished.

The committee will meet tomorrow, Tuesday, in private session and is likely to invite Mr Donnelly and his secretary general Robert Watt to discuss the abandoned appointment.