Nearly a third of frontline HSE workers yet to receive €1,000 pandemic bonus

More than 31,000 nurses and other frontline health workers are still awaiting payment of the bonus that was promised by the Government in January. File picture: iStock

Nearly one in three frontline HSE workers has yet to receive the €1,000 pandemic bonus, six months after it was announced by the Government, new figures have revealed.

More than 31,000 nurses and other frontline health workers are still awaiting payment of the bonus that was promised by the Government in January. The latest figures provided by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, in response to a parliamentary question from his party colleague, Éamon Ó Cuív, show that 68,843 HSE staff had received the bonus as of July 8.