Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

539. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration is being given to including long-Covid for social welfare benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36005/25]

667. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 754 of 24 June 2025, the position regarding frontline workers who are suffering from long-Covid; if he proposes to extend the current deadline of 30 June 2025 for support payments to those in this position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35559/25]

799. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she will consider extending special leave with pay for those who worked on the front line during the pandemic, contracted long-Covid and as a result are still suffering from serious health issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35837/25]

811. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans in place to extend-replace the temporary special scheme for HSE staff unfit for work due to long Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35937/25]

110. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the date by which the long-Covid payments for health care workers will cease; her plans in relation to the closure of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33617/25]

352. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health to consider extending the temporary special leave with pay scheme for healthcare workers with prolonged and chronic effects of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35178/25]

221. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the supports currently in place for healthcare workers suffering from long Covid, particularly those who contracted the virus in high-risk front-line settings; and if she will consider introducing a long-term, pensionable support scheme following the conclusion of the special leave with pay scheme; and if she will make a statement on the mat…

383. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to outline, given that many of the frontline workers during the pandemic are still suffering with the effects of long Covid and have to deal with an increased amount of sick leave and medical bills, her views on the secession of special Covid payments to healthcare workers/HSE staff with long Covid, on 30 June 2025; and her views on lon…

397. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address and support the 166 healthcare workers, who put their lives at risk working during the pandemic, who are now facing an end to long-Covid special leave with pay (SLWP), but whose lives are still drastically and negatively affected by this disease, by extending the SLWP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3329…

903. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the special leave with pay for people who continue to suffer from long Covid and cannot return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32625/25]

759. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to extend the long-Covid scheme for public health workers impacted by long-Covid past June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27526/25]

333. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason she will not extend the special scheme of paid leave for eligible public health sector employees suffering from long Covid; if she will replace this scheme with a long-term occupational illness scheme; the supports she will put in place for those who are on the special scheme, following its conclusion on 30 June 2025; and if she wil…

183. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the timeline for when the financial supports for HSE staff experiencing long-Covid will end; if this deadline will be extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24551/25]

1098. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare workers with Covid-19 currently in receipt of the special leave with pay. [23714/25]

1101. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans for healthcare workers with Covid-19 upon the ending of the special leave with pay but who continue to suffer disabling symptoms that render them unable to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23743/25]

899. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she intends to extend the Covid payment scheme beyond June 2025; the number in receipt of the payment; and her views on a once-off payment in each case where the person intends to retire. [16733/25]

907. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the consultations or actions her Department has taken with regard to the extension of the temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employees unit for work post Covid-19 infection, which is due to expire by 30 June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16787/25]

908. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she plans to extend the temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employees for work post Covid-19 infection beyond 30 June 2025, for HSE staff with long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16788/25]

310. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason an overpayment has been applied to a person (details supplied); if an appeal was lodged on this overpayment, and the outcome of this appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14663/25]

733. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health to outline the criteria for the special scheme for healthcare workers impacted by long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13592/25]

734. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health to outline the supports available to healthcare workers with long-Covid going forward, who did not qualify for the special scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13593/25]

1024. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the total expenditure and number of claims over the lifetime of the Covid-19-related lay-off payment scheme; the average lump-sum payment to compensate employees made redundant between 13 March 2020 and 31 January 2025 for a Covid-related gap in their employment record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11575/25]

375. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the supports in place for those with long Covid; if there is any additional budget within her Department going to long Covid research and supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8709/25]

822. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health when it is proposed that the frontline staff in the Irish Blood Transfusion Service will receive their pandemic payment; the reason for the delay [6310/25]

1491. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if and when the recognition payment for health care workers, agency workers in Covid testing laboratories and many others working throughout the pandemic will be paid especially workers in a facility (details supplied) which was contracted by the HSE to conduct PCR testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1098/25]