Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I wish to raise with the Taoiseach the unacceptable and ongoing delays in the payment of the pandemic bonus to healthcare workers. So far, only 1,867 healthcare workers have received the payment and there is now talk of the bonus's provision being outsourced in order to identify who else is entitled to it, for example, home care workers, nursing home workers, paramedics and section 38 or 39 workers. Will the Taoiseach please provide an update on when these many thousands of front-line workers will get this long overdue payment, which is especially needed now because of the cost of living crisis?

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