Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

To follow up on the issue of staff retention, people clearly feel a lack of self-worth with regard to the work they are doing. On the Covid payments, what is the attitude of members of the various organisations here to the fact they were not included in the Covid recognition payment? Does that play into the lack of self-worth many of those members may feel? We are all aware people were going into homes and did not know whether Covid was present. Let us be honest about it; they were on the front line. Is that lack of recognition another factor?