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Mon, 12 Apr, 2021 - 09:00
Paul Hosford Political Correspondent
The appointment of Robert Watt as secretary general of the Department of Health on a permanent basis is expected to be approved this week.
Sources say that Stephen Donnelly, the health minister, will bring a memo to Cabinet on Wednesday after Mr Watt s appointment to the role, which he has been doing on an interim basis, was approved by the top-level appointments committee (TLAC).