Paul Hosford: Holohan controversy yet another pothole the Government could have avoided

What mattered was that Dr Tony Holohan was staying in the public sector, as we were reminded by senior minister after senior minister. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

"I'm going to have to assess that a bit more. I don't get involved in the operational issues in terms of salaries in given departments."

So said Micheál Martin when asked by the Irish Examiner about Dr Tony Holohan's salary being paid by the Department of Health after he departs for Trinity College in July. That was midday on Tuesday, with Taoiseach adding that he had "not read the reports".