Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I will start with a couple of questions for Mr. Woods. I would like to come back in afterwards and make some other points in the allotted time.

Why did the HSE not pay staff who went into precautionary self-isolation, as per the roster, and will it do so now, going forward? Does Mr. Woods accept the argument we heard here this morning from workers' representatives that the decision to deduct overtime and premium pay from workers going into precautionary self-isolation created a disincentive and not only increased the prevalence of Covid in the workplaces for which the HSE is responsible, but probably cost lives as well? I would like a comment on that.