Department of Public Expenditure has told the Department of Health that no further extensions will be granted to the scheme
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In July 2022 the Government introduced a temporary scheme to provide special leave with pay for eligible staff suffering with the symptoms of long Covid, such as fatigue and exhaustion. While the scheme was previously extended following approval by the Department of Public Expenditure, it will now end on March 31st. The Department of Public Expenditure has told the Department of Health that no further extensions will be granted.
The Department of Health said that around 118 public health service employees will be affected by the decision to end the scheme, and said they will have received an individual notification of this from their employer in recent weeks.Gerry Thornley’s Six Nations 2024 Team of the Tournament He has urged the Government to reconsider its decision to terminate the special leave entitlement for frontline health workers. Mr Naughten said that “frontline workers were publicly commended in Dáil Éireann during the pandemic for risking their lives, as well as their families’, to deliver essential services. They cannot now be overlooked when they require our support.”
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