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Robert Watt elevation ‘a stroke of the highest order’, claims Sinn Féin
- Politics
- April 12, 2021, 20:43
Sinn Féin has claimed the appointment of Robert Watt as secretary general of the Department of Health would have “hallmarks of an old-fashioned stroke(...)
Moore Street could become a ‘living museum’, Sinn Féin TD tells Dáil
- Politics
- March 24, 2021, 12:28
The Dáil has been warned that plans to regenerate the Moore Street area of Dublin should not result in it being turned into another Temple Bar with st(...)
TDs raise questions over website, PR spending by Children’s Health Ireland
- Politics
- March 23, 2021, 14:23
Members of the Dáil’s spending watchdog have raised questions about more than €200,000 worth of website and PR costs incurred by Children’s Health Ire(...)
EU anti-fraud agency says Templemore funds investigation is closed
- Politics
- March 23, 2021, 14:22
The EU’s anti-fraud agency Olaf has told the Dáil’s spending watchdog that its investigation into the use of European funds at the Garda Training Coll(...)
Cahill questions ‘logic’ of quizzing Minister over horse racing controversies
- Politics
- March 4, 2021, 08:19
Fianna Fáil TD Jackie Cahill has questioned the “logic” of bringing the Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue before TDs and Senators to be qui(...)
Public money spent in ‘absolute scramble’ for supplies as Covid-19 hit, PAC told
- Oireachtas
- March 2, 2021, 18:25
Public money was spent in an “absolute scamble” for supplies as Covid-19 hit Ireland last year, the Public Accounts Committee has been told. The com(...)
Meat plants may not be enforcing quarantine for workers flown into Ireland, Dáil told
- Politics
- February 17, 2021, 20:26
Concerns have been raised in the Dáil that meat-processing plants are not putting public health quarantine restrictions in place for workers being flo(...)
Varadkar signals intent to select new health chief despite pay row
- Politics
- February 11, 2021, 19:16
The recruitment process for a new Department of Health secretary general is set to continue despite a request from the Dáil spending watchdog to delay(...)
Senior civil servant had ‘no input’ in sanctioning pay rise - McGrath
- Politics
- February 2, 2021, 03:34
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath has said senior civil servant Robert Watt had “no input” into the sanctioning of an increas(...)
Decision to raise Department of Health chief’s salary ‘stinks’, PAC hears
- Politics
- January 29, 2021, 16:52
The decision to raise the salary level of the next secretary general of the Department of Health by more than €90,000 “stinks to the high heavens”, a (...)



