Retired healthcare staff rehired during covid hit with demands to repay thousands of euro

Many retired frontline health workers who came back to work during covid have discovered they must now repay thousands of euro to the HSE. File picture: Peter Byrne/PA

Some retired HSE staff who answered Ireland’s call and came back to work in 2020 when the pandemic hit are now being hit with demands to re-pay thousands of euro to the HSE. 

Staff in Cork and Limerick have approached TDs for help and questions were raised in the Dáil around just how many people could be affected.