Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion
Mr. Kevin Figgis:
Support workers are the lowest-paid workers in the health service. For them to lose their benefit after three months can be devastating for their family, etc. Many are single-income homes. If they are deemed medically unfit to return to the workplace after something that happened in the workplace while they are doing their job, it is unacceptable that the employer turns its back while continuing to provide benefit to other grades.