Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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2427.To ask the Minister for Health further to the recognition of long-Covid supports for a further 12 months for healthcare workers who contracted Covid-19 at the early stages of the pandemic, the supports available for other healthcare workers with similar symptoms who were infected since November 2021, during the height of the Omicron variant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32942/24]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Public Service Sick Leave Scheme is available to support those who did not qualify for the Special Scheme. It provides full pay for three months, followed by half pay for three months, and after that, Temporary Rehabilitative Remuneration may be applied for, which, if granted, provides up to a further 547 days of paid leave.

The Critical Illness Protocol that forms part of the sick leave scheme may also provide additional supports if granted.