Increasing health budget every year not sustainable, Robert Watt to tell Oireachtas committee
HSE chief Gloster expected to say demand for services increasing at faster rate than predicted before pandemic
Robert Watt
Calorie labels on online fast food menus seen as means to reduce future pressures on health service
Department of Health research unit also recommends increasing hospital activity by changing the default to day case rather than inpatient treatment
HSE management and admin appointments outpacing clinical staff hires, says DPER
Numbers in management and administrative grades have grown by a third in recent years, DPER warned Department of Health
‘Gaslighting’ of health workers by Robert Watt unacceptable, says union chief
Fórsa’s Kevin Callinan highly critical of comments by Department of Health secretary general
Health spending €500 million over budget in first four months of the year, Oireachtas committee hears
Robert Watt says about 75 per cent of budgetary overspend was in acute hospital sector
St John of God order warned for years it could no longer ‘bail out’ services
Records show financial crisis facing disability care provider had been building for years
New taskforce to target productivity and savings in the health service
Spending on acute hospitals has increased 80 per cent in the past seven years; spending on health services pay has risen by €3.2 billion in the same period
Occupancy rates in Irish hospitals ‘unsustainable and dangerous’, OECD economist warns
Irish health spending is high as a proportion of national income, Dr Douglas Sutherland tells conference
‘Savings and efficiencies’ needed in health budget, senior officials acknowledge
Robert Watt, secretary general of the Department of Health, says productivity gains are needed in health service
Drip-feeding funding: The politics of not budgeting for runaway health spending
Tensions have bubbled up inside - and outside - Government and among senior civil servants in the fallout from a new budget that did not budget for massive health spending overruns
No plans to reopen health service budget allocations, says Donohoe
Budget allocation will have ‘catastrophic implications’ for patients and those who work on the front line of health service, says Sinn Féin
Tony Holohan says he was unfairly treated during controversy over botched move to TCD
State’s former chief medical officer sharply critical in memoir of leaks from report into the controversial proposed move
Robert Watt had ‘grave reservations’ about using public funds to sponsor Operation Transformation
Department approved €282,900 to sponsor RTÉ weight loss programme
Review group to be established to examine pay increases for senior public servants
Report due to be considered by three party leaders before Cabinet discussion
Number of Irish patients travelling for cross-border healthcare collapses due to Brexit
EU funding for Irish patients getting treatment abroad falls by half, according to report
Health insurance premiums could double if private care is removed from public hospitals, insurer warns
Irish Life Health has expressed concerns about the impact of plans to amend regulations for minimum health insurance benefits.
Dublin to get second new elective hospital under revised plans
Health committee also hears of plans to set up new medical school in capital operated by TU Dublin which is being looked at ‘very favourably’
HSE asked to ‘urgently examine’ ways for patients on waiting lists to ‘self-refer’ for private treatment
Department of Health secretary Robert Watt also uses letter to HSE chief to raise concern about modernisation initiative
Author of report into botched secondment of Tony Holohan to Trinity turns down committee invite
Maura Quinn tells Oireachtas finance committee she has ‘nothing further to add’ on the controversy
Robert Watt affair shows an issue can be very much in public interest even when public aren’t interested
Leo Varadkar claims the public doesn’t care about Robert Watt and his controversies, which is most convenient for the upper echelon of the Civil Service
Unlike most politicians, Robert Watt wants the reality of power but not the theatre
Gerard Howlin: As any other civil servant could have told him, if you can fake sincerity, you’ve got it made
‘A bit of contrition would have been wiser’: Robert Watt and the row that won’t go away
Tensions over Tony Holohan's planned job at TCD were laid bare during a bad-tempered week in Leinster House
Oireachtas committee to seek further hearings on botched Tony Holohan appointment after fractious Watt session
Oireachtas committee members were ‘shocked’ after a fractious session with Department of Health secretary general Robert Watt
Important Robert Watt continues in position due to ‘bigger issues’ facing health, Martin says
Tánaiste defends secretary general in Dáil after criticism by Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns
Personal opinions of senior civil servants of ‘no relevance’, says Jim O’Callaghan
Department of Health official Robert Watt defended botched plan to appoint Tony Holohan to academic role
Robert Watt criticised by committee members after ‘muddled’ evidence
Further scrutiny of Dr Tony Holohan’s botched secondment expected
Miriam Lord: A jaw-dropping, arrogant performance from Robert Watt – the prince of permanent government
Watt never intended to come across as dismissive, cocky, combative and arrogant at the Oireachtas finance committee but unfortunately for him he did
Robert Watt undergoes committee grilling but what did we learn?
Department of Health secretary general disputed many key findings of report into botched secondment of former chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan to TCD
Robert Watt rejects ‘most’ of Holohan report findings and reveals laptop ‘hack’
Account given by Deirdre Gillane in report about secondment controversy was ‘correct’ version of events, says Minister for Health
Holohan raised issues about report into TCD post during drafting stage
Watt strongly objected to conclusions regarding politicians not being informed, report shows
Robert Watt likely to face questions at Dáil committee over botched Holohan appointment
Department of Health’s top civil servant to make appearance at Oireachtas Committee on Wednesday
Uncivil war among top officials on botched Holohan appointment to Trinity College Dublin
Long-delayed Department of Health report strongly critical of appointment process last year
Tony Holohan should not have been involved in aspects of TCD move, report finds
Report into proposed secondment does not contain any adverse findings against former chief medical officer but identifies issues with structure of process
State paid out ‘single-digit millions’ on private nursing home claims
Robert Watt says there are about 200 legal claims outstanding over historical private nursing home charges
Health service recruitment targets missed despite ‘unprecedented’ increases in staff, PAC to be told
Robert Watt expected to blame Covid-19 and worldwide shortage of health workers for situation
Róisín Shortall urges clarity over nursing home charges issue
Social Democrats co-leader calls for a special sitting of the Oireachtas health committee
Stephen Donnelly ‘anxious’ to publish report on Tony Holohan’s cancelled secondment
Department yet to publish report on abandoned TCD appointment despite fact it was submitted last July
Consultants call for ‘laser-like’ focus on more hospital beds and staff
Minister for Health to address IHCA conference on Saturday as talks on new public-only contract reach crux
Health chief admits ‘failure’ to deal with exit of graduate medics from Ireland
Robert Watt says ‘step change’ is needed to double number of medical and nursing graduates
Ronan Glynn latest in long line of top medics to exit health service
Lack of order in health, long hours and organisational stasis accelerating brain drain
Pandemic taught us how science feeds into ‘messier’ political system - Nolan
‘Careful reflection’ on new Covid-19 book will help to learn lessons, says Nphet modeller
Watt accused of ‘breathtaking arrogance’ over proposed Holohan secondment
Committee examining plan for Dr Holohan to move to new role at Trinity College
Watt to express ‘regret’ at Holohan secondment not proceeding
Secretary general and chief medical officer to appear before Oireachtas committee
Behind Ireland’s Covid response: ‘We were going to be building morgues for people’
Key Irish figures recall the fear and uncertainty of the pandemic’s early days
Oireachtas group’s chief critical of Taoiseach around Watt testimony
Allegation of ‘misleading commentary’ put to Dáil over bid to secure mandarin’s appearance
Key figures in Holohan secondment to be invited before health committee
Pursuit of Robert Watt has touch of ‘witch hunt’ about it, warns Taoiseach
Robert Watt criticised over ‘lack of engagement’ on Holohan secondment
Finance committee asks top civil servant for documents relating to TCD appointment
Fraser supportive of Holohan secondment but ‘not involved in detailed arrangements’
Country’s top civil servant also indicates he did not discuss the proposal with Taoiseach
Maura Quinn to carry out external review of abandoned Holohan role
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly says Quinn will report back to him in June
Health Research Board says it was not involved in any talks on Holohan secondment
Board issues clarifying statement following release of Robert Watt briefing note on issue
The Irish Times view on Government appointments: a basic political error
The circumstances of Tony Holohan’s move demanded careful political handling
The Irish Times view on the Holohan appointment: another unforced error
For an administration faced with enormous challenges, the Coalition has quite a knack of creating unnecessary problems for itself
Taoiseach calls for ‘pause’ ahead of report on Holohan secondment
Varadkar says he had ‘assumed’ CMO applied for professor role in Trinity College Dublin
Plan costing €350m to cut hospital waiting lists ‘challenged’ by Covid surge
Action plan to reduce healthcare waiting lists by 18 per cent was launched five weeks ago
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