Pandemic payment given to hospital cleaners after public protest

Health workers at UHG protesting last week. Picture: Hany Marzouk

Siptu have confirmed that the €1,000 covid-19 pandemic recognition payment has been paid to hospital cleaners who had gone on strike last week.

The payment, which was first announced in January of 2022, was introduced by the Government to provide "special additional financial recognition to those eligible frontline health care workers based on the particular additional risks they faced in the performance of their normal duty during the pandemic."