Pandemic bonus would be 'mad and crazy', FG TD Kehoe tells ministers

Taoiseach Micheal Martin said deciding which frontline workers were eligible for the bonus would be a challenge. File picture

Ministers have been warned to "think long and hard" about giving nurses and other public sector workers a pandemic bonus.

Fine Gael TD Paul Kehoe told members of his own party, including the Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe that rewarding workers would be "mad and crazy".