Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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210. To ask the Minister for Health if a panel has been set up to examine the categories of workers to receive the Covid-19 frontline bonus payment; and the way in which submissions can be made to this panel. [9903/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Firstly I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all healthcare workers for their efforts during this most challenging period.

Those public sector frontline healthcare workers eligible for the payment will be directly employed public health sector staff working in clinical settings. A pro-rata arrangement will apply for eligible part time staff / equivalents and supernumerary students who were required to perform training in clinical sites. The Department of Health will also introduce a measure for making a similar payment to staff in private sector nursing homes and hospices that were affected by Covid-19.

The Department of Health appreciates the levels of interest this announcement has generated. We are working together with the HSE to provide additional details on this measure including full eligibility criteria, particulars and terms and conditions that apply. This will be published as soon as possible.

It is important that this measure is applied fairly as intended and I welcome the work that is ongoing to ensure this is so.