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Matt Cooper: As Covid raises its head again, the 16 questions the state must answer to be ready for any new pandemic

An inquiry into what how we dealt with Covid would be of limited use due to various legal constraints; a forward-looking preview of how we could react to any new threat would be much more useful

Covid inquiry: a search for truth, not a witch hunt

With Britain in the throes of a stinging review of that country’s response to the pandemic, stakeholders in Ireland are being careful to establish useful, and non-incendiary parameters for the planned inquiry here

Varadkar says he would like to see Tony Holohan back in the public service

Holohan is publishing his memoirs this month about his role responding to the Covid-19 pandemic

Covid advisory group to be scaled back after pandemic emergency declared over

Group has only met once this year, with no further meetings scheduled

Michael Brennan: Watt stands battered but likely to survive Quinn report scare

The testy secretary general of the Department of Health still has the confidence of the minister, and will have learned a lesson in the importance of communication

John McGuinness: Our bureaucracy is a shambles overseen by managers while politicians are sidelined

Public representatives are tired of taking the blame for decisions made by civil servants who do what they like

Watt’s position in question after he rejects report findings, Martin told

Tanaiste Micheál Martin also noted that Watt himself has pledged to implement the recommendations of Maura Quinn’s report

Robert Watt rejects key finding of Holohan report at Oireachtas committee

Secretary general at the Department of Health says it was ‘very clear what we were trying to achieve was a public interest measure’ on appointment of former chief medical officer to role at Trinity College Dublin

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

McGrath and Donohoe express confidence in Watt over Holohan row as Tánaiste backs chief of staff

Micheál Martin said Deirdre Gillane’s ‘presentation cannot be questioned’ in a dispute between her and Robert Watt while Paschal Donohoe and Michael McGrath both expressed confidence in secretary general of Department of Health

Tánaiste's senior advisor says claims by Robert Watt over Holohan secondment ‘grossly innacurate’

Deirdre Gillane said that Watt’s assertion that she was aware of the move was “wholly without foundation”

Holohan secondment ‘by-passed’ protocols for research funding, Quinn review finds

Report finds former Chief Medical Officer should not have been "exclusively personally involved in the negotiation of research funding linked to his possible secondment“

Tony Holohan is publishing a memoir about the ‘most challenging time’ of his personal life

We Need To Talk will be released in September and the former Chief Medical Officer says it will chart his personal and professional life during the pandemic

Review into Holohan secondment to Trinity still not completed

Stephen Donnelly, the Minister for Health, ordered an external report into Holohan’s secondment to Trinity College Dublin, which was approved by Robert Watt

Elaine Byrne: Don’t read too much into Ronan Glynn’s move to EY – talk of a public service ‘brain drain’ doesn’t hold up

In a highly competitive jobs market, it is not unusual that people transfer in and out of the public and private sectors, and nor is it necessarily a bad thing

Holohan rebuked by Donnelly over Nphet replacement group

The chief medical officer raised concerns over membership of the new advisory team, correspondence seen by the Business Post shows

Holohan signals willingness to reconsider academic role

Chief Medical Officer says he would ‘prefer to be in a different situation in terms of where this has ended up’ during questioning on abandoned secondment to Trinity College

Watt says cancellation of Holohan’s TCD post a ‘matter of regret’

Top civil servant to tell politicians details around funding of chief medical officer’s salary yet to be agreed

Watt’s €20m ‘letter of comfort’ raises hard questions

The fact that the secretary-general at the Department of Health committed to spending €2 million per year of department money on Tony Holohan’s Trinity appointment without informing the minister will lead to more controversy

Elaine Byrne: Watt isn’t the only one who needs to learn lessons from the Holohan debacle

Top civil servant Robert Watt, whose salary has earned him some notoriety, may be a convenient scapegoat in the secondment controversy but politicians, including the Taoiseach and some junior ministers, are not without blame