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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (10 Dec 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: ...Deputy Bríd Smith for her question. When I received the question, it alarmed me because it suggested something that should not be happening. As a result, I asked for it be looked into. The flu vaccine is free for all healthcare workers working in our public and voluntary hospitals and to all healthcare workers delivering front-line services. It is also available free of charge...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (10 Dec 2020)
Bríd Smith: We have heard a lot about student nurses and the work they are doing on the front line at the moment. I want to ask specifically why they are being asked to pay for the flu jab. It is perfectly understandable that they would receive the flu jab given that they are front-line workers and working very hard with patients in Covid wards etc. Why, particularly when they are not being paid for...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (10 Dec 2020)
Bríd Smith: ...Minister for Health the reason students in the healthcare sector who are working in public hospitals and on the front line of services during the Covid-19 pandemic are being told they must get the flu vaccination shot and must pay the full cost themselves; if he will arrange for such students to be reimbursed the costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42324/20]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (10 Dec 2020)
Bríd Smith: ...should not be happening that they are working instead of learning. However, all of those things are happening. I totally get that workers who work on the front line need to be protected from the flu, but the problem is that they are being asked to pay for it. I will send the Minister the information on that. Maybe the problem is that they are not defined as workers when they are...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (10 Dec 2020)
Bríd Smith: ...should be paid for every hour they work. It is work that a normal care worker would do, including emptying bed pans, washing patients, taking their vitals and sometimes administering liquids and fluids to them. It is not that they are not working. When one is not being paid for one's work on the front line, being asked to pay for the flu jab is adding insult to injury and it really...