Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has backed Tánaiste Micheál Martin’s chief of staff in a row with Department of Health Secretary General Robert Watt over Tony Holohan’s botched secondment.
Dr Holohan was expected to move to Trinity College Dublin on secondment from the Department of Health last year.
However, he later stood back from the position following controversy over proposals for the Department to give Trinity €2 million a year to facilitate the move.
