Community carers group calls for clarity on €1,000 pandemic payment

Community home care workers do the same work as HSE employees, but receive little or no political recognition, the NNCN says.

A group representing thousands of community home care providers has called on Health Minister Stephen Donnelly to clarify when exactly its members will received their €1,000 Pandemic Special Recognition Payment.

The National Community Care Network (NNCN), which represents 20 community care home providers and 3,000 trained carers nationwide, says that while HSE carers have been given their payments, those sub-contracted by the HSE have not.