Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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607. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has put forward proposals to compensate front-line healthcare workers for their outstanding efforts to date in dealing with Covid-19 (details supplied). [45970/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to convey my sincere gratitude to health sector workers in relation to their continuing efforts in the delivery of health services during this very challenging pandemic period.

I note that this important matter was recently before the Labour Court, and the resulting recommendation issued last Wednesday, 22 September is being given careful consideration by Health Service Management. In the meantime, I wish to reassure the Deputy that the Department and the HSE acknowledge frontline healthcare workers' critical and significant response to this pandemic, and are working to appropriately recognise those efforts.