Written answers

Tuesday, 20 June 2023

Department of Health

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Photo of Denise MitchellDenise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein)
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704. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to extend special leave with pay for sufferers of long-Covid beyond 30 June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29610/23]

Photo of Denise MitchellDenise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein)
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705. To ask the Minister for Health for an update regarding talks in the WRC between the HSE and his Department on the issue of special leave with pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29611/23]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 704 and 705 together.

A conciliation conference on this matter took place last week at the Workplace Relations Commission where officials from my Department advised the health sector staff representative bodies that approval has been sought from the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (DPENDR), for an extension to the current Scheme of Paid Leave for Public Health Service Employees unfit for work post Covid infection. A response is awaited from DPENDR and a further conciliation is planned for the 19th June.

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