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Stephen Donnelly says Tánaiste’s chief of staff ‘correct’ over Holohan secondment amid row with Robert Watt

Deirdre Gillane has become embroiled in a row with Donnelly’s own Secretary General at the Department of Health over claims made by the latter that she was aware of the details around the open-ended secondment

“I agree with the position in the report that Ms Gillane’s account is correct,” said Donnelly, adding that he does not expect any action over Watt’s submissions to Quinn. Picture: RollingNews.ie

Stephen Donnelly, the Minister for Health, has said he believes the Tánaiste’s chief of staff Deirdre Gillane’s version of events around the controversial secondment of Tony Holohan, the former chief medical officer, to Trinity College Dublin.

Gillane has become embroiled in a row with Donnelly’s own Secretary General at the Department of Health, Robert Watt, over claims made by the latter that she was aware of the details around the open-ended secondment, which was abandoned ...