Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

282. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she or any official in her Department issued an instruction to the HSE regarding critical illness protocol requests from former recipients of the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers with long-Covid (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31219/26]

283. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked 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. [31220/26]

284. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare workers who were in receipt of the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers with long-Covid when it ceased on 31 December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31221/26]

2699. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if she has had any engagement with healthcare workers suffering from long-Covid regarding accessing financial supports; if she will declare Covid-19 an occupational illness, as has been done in many other European Union member states, so that healthcare workers suffering from long-Covid can continue to access financial supports; and if she w…

2755. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to extend the scheme for healthcare workers who contacted long Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24015/26]

847. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the creation of a support scheme for those health workers who been diagnosed with long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21466/26]

996. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on supports available to frontline healthcare workers who contracted long-Covid during the pandemic; if the Government will introduce a new support scheme and formally recognise Covid-19 and Long Covid as an occupational illness for healthcare and social care workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22…

1139. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he will recognise long-Covid as an occupational illness for healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18289/26]

792. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for each of the six long-Covid clinics; the funding that has been allocated annually to long-Covid services and research since 2021; the interim supports that exist for patients who are unable to access specialist clinics; the oversight mechanisms in place to ensure hospitals such as St. Vincent’s University Hospital a…

37. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department considers the condition known as long-Covid an occupational injury; and what social protection entitlements sufferers of the condition have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15583/26]

502. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health the measures her Department intends to take to support healthcare workers who continue to suffer ongoing health complications as a result of contracting Covid-19 in the workplace during the pandemic; if she will consider recognising long-term post-Covid illness among affected healthcare staff as an occupational illness; and if she will reins…

627. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the Government’s long-term approach to supporting people suffering from long-Covid, in circumstances where specific illness benefit arrangements for long-Covid ended on 31 December 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13704/26]

611. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details with respect to an instruction to the HSE regarding critical illness protocol requests from former recipients of the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers with long-Covid (details supplied); to provide a copy of the memo or circular in which this instruction was stated; and if she will make a statement …

363. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her plans to extend the scheme for healthcare workers who contacted long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8797/26]

742. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that potential overpayments of the PUP are being recouped at present; if he is aware that estimates are being given to recipients; if he will consider providing more than 21 days for reply, with additional information given the length of time that has elapsed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8596/26…

985. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a long-Covid patient (details supplied) without health insurance who has been referred for a procedure that can only be done privately could have this procedure covered by the HSE or a hardship scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7538/26]

1116. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her plans to extend the scheme for healthcare workers who contracted long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8239/26]

1143. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health to outline her approach to long-Covid; the funding allocations made to research and counteract long-term side effects; and the steps being taken to address this issue. [8408/26]

1049. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the special leave with pay scheme and that some form of long-term support will be put in place for these workers, particularly given that approximately 166 employees of the HSE are affected by long-Covid since 2020 as a result of working on the frontline during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she w…

55. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which eligibility for occupational injuries recognition and related supports for healthcare workers with long Covid differs from eligibility for healthcare workers who have sustained other occupational injuries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2582/26]

152. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the loss of income faced by healthcare workers with long-Covid following the cessation of special Covid leave with pay on 31 December 2025; what this is estimated to be on average over the next year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2527/26]

2310. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to consider the Labour Court recommendation to extend special leave with pay to workers with long Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75062/25]

1104. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if she will extend the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers impacted by long Covid beyond 31 December 2025; if she will recognise long Covid as an occupational illness to qualify for occupational injury benefits; if she has met with healthcare workers unions in relation to this issue; and if she will make a statement on the mat…

558. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the way in which healthcare workers who will be deemed to be unfit for work due to long-Covid will be catered for when supports expire (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70875/25]

376. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if a review of the Covid products scheme was carried out; the amount of aid drawn down by companies; the number of companies that drew down aid; the amount of the budget that remained unspent; and if his Department has developed any learnings from the scheme [70255/25]