Nursing homes chief hits out at ‘incredulous’ delay in paying pandemic bonus

Nursing homes chief hits out at ‘incredulous’ delay in paying pandemic bonus
Tadhg Daly, CEO of Nursing Homes Ireland, has hit out at the delay in rolling out the pandemic bonus (Oireachtas TV/PA)

Groups representing healthcare workers have criticised an “incredulous” delay in receiving their pandemic bonus after it was revealed that the Government is now issuing a tender for the rollout.

The Department of Health confirmed that the HSE is tendering for a third party to carry out what it called a “complex” process to pay the bonus to non-HSE workers – eight months on from the announcement of the 1,000 euro bonus.

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