Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Pádraig Rice - PQ 31220-26
Deputy Rice asked about the number of healthcare workers that availed of paid leave for healthcare workers with long-Covid. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: April 2026
Updated: June 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare workers, formally in receipt of the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers with long-Covid, who have applied for the critical illness protocol; the number approved; the number rejected; the number awaiting a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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