Dr Tony Holohan has “questions to answer” over his “unusual” job switch from Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to Trinity Professor, according to the Public Expenditure Minister, Michael McGrath.
The new post in Trinity will continue to be paid by the taxpayer as the Department of Health will be footing the salary bill under a ‘secondment’ arrangement.
Dr Holohan will continue to be paid his current salary of €187,000 when he makes the move to academic life later this year, which is understood to be considerably more than what professors in equivalent positions would be paid.
