Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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811. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline on the payment of the €1,000 pandemic payment to eligible healthcare workers who are not employees of the HSE; the total number of workers involved; the reason for the delay in the processing of payments; if he will commit to ensuring that all eligible workers will receive payment before Christmas, 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51845/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The HSE and the Department are currently examining progressing the rollout to the list of 6 non-HSE/non-Section 38 organisation types covered by the Government Decision. This measure will be ring fenced to staff working ordinarily onsite in COVID-19 exposed healthcare environments.

It is hoped that information will be published shortly for those certain non-HSE/Section 38 healthcare employees that are covered by the Government Decision and the process available to their employers to implement this measure for their eligible staff. This shall cover eligible staff in:

1. Private Sector Nursing Homes and Hospices (e.g. Private, Voluntary, Section 39 etc.);

2. Eligible staff working on-site in Section 39 long-term residential care facilities for people with disabilities;

3. Agency roles working in the HSE;

4. Health Care Support Assistants (also known as home help / home care / home support) contracted to the HSE;

5. Members of the Defence Forces redeployed to work in frontline Covid-19 exposed environments in the HSE;

6. Paramedics employed by Dublin Fire Brigade to deliver services on behalf of the HSE.

The above 6 areas only are covered by this Government Decision and all eligible workers will be paid in accordance with the overarching eligibility criteria in place.

Rolling out the payment to eligible employees of those specific non-HSE/Section 38 organisations covered by the government decision is a complex task, particularly as these employees are not normally paid by the public health service, duplicate payments need to be avoided, and there are many organisations to be covered, but this work is being given priority attention.

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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812. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 11 May 2022, if he will outline the steps that have been taken to date by the HSE to capture the scale of the incidence of long Covid; if he will outline the demand and activity levels at each post covid and long covid clinic; the corresponding waiting list at each clinic; the number of patients attending each clinic monthly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51847/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to reply to the Deputy directly

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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813. To ask the Minister for Health the total drawdown of funding to date in 2022 for the long and post-Covid interim model of care; the estimated drawdown by year end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51848/22]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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814. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 654 of 31 May, 2022, the funding provided by his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department towards research into treatments for long Covid; if he will list the publications to date on foot of the research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51849/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 813 and 814 together.

As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to reply to the Deputy directly