Outgoing Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan will remain a civil servant and his €187,000 a year public service salary will be paid by the Department of Health when he takes up a new job in Trinity College Dublin later this year.
Last week it was announced that Dr Holohan would be stepping down from his role as Chief Medical Officer and take up a position as Professor of Public Health Strategy and Leadership at Trinity College Dublin on July 1.
Now a spokesperson for Trinity has confirmed that the new post is an “open-ended secondment” funded by the Department of Health under the same terms as Dr Holohan’s existing contract.
