Public healthcare workers, who served onsite in a clinical Covid-19 exposed env. to receive 1k euro

Waiting room. Jesus, have you even been in healthcare setting the last year?

Then, in 2021, GPs made huge money on the vaccines.

UK = GBP 12.58 per dose, about 15 euro back then.

So 30 euro for two doses.

We pay them 25+25+10 = 60 for two doses

Yes I believe 60 something euro per vaccine administered.. plus getting paid for 3 minute consults..

But they weren’t seeing patients and often they had the nurses administer vaccines. They could get through I would imagine 20 phone consults in an hour, easy, which for a PP was about 1000 an hour..

Well the waiting room I was in had space for 15, meaning the practice was cleaning up with €60 a minute.

How do income from private fees compare during that period? It stands to reason HSE payments would increase to account for payments related to vaccines, but private fees decreased because there was a huge reduction in the numbers of paying patients attending clinics while lower fee vaccinations were being administered.

Please note the two years compared are before vaccines.

I compared 2019 and 2020.

The 2021 data isn't out yet.

same here, i'll have a wait too i'd say

If there is spare money to be considering spending on bonuses, spend it instead on slashing waiting lists…

And…

Equip every hospital with a couple of Alter-G Treadmills… there wasn’t a single one in the Mater when I was there and presumably still isn’t one… they cost about 35,000 but increase the chances and timelines of recovery for people with chronic injuries and disability….but, bonuses ?

You ask me that like it’s a bad thing? 🤔

It’s a terrible idea, that’s what I’m saying, precisely for the reason you demonstrated above like it’s some sort of pissing contest.

If I’d had the authority, I’d be putting in place policies to pay all employees a decent wage instead of the shìte money they’re on now, for work that you couldn’t pay me enough to do.

A one-off grand in the hand is nothing to me personally, but that doesn’t mean I don’t know what it means to thousands, thousands of people who worked their arses off in disastrous conditions to keep the Irish economy afloat, just about, during the pandemic, and here’s the thing - I wouldn’t begrudge a single one of them a bonus, but I’d rather see they were paid properly for their labour as that’s a better long-term strategy than the short term bonus, right before they introduce more pay cuts because they can’t afford to provide staff with the resources they actually need.

Now if you don’t mind I’ve to go kiss my local politicians arses for their generous €100 payment to my electricity account…

I hope they’re all vaccinated 🤔

Isn't that a discussion to be had with their employers rather than the State? A quick google shows that the chains like Dunnes, Tesco, Lidl, Aldi, SuperValu did give staff Covid bonuses, albeit after they were lobbied by the unions. Some were 10% (which would far exceed the €1000 given to healthcare workers in many cases) others vouchers.

Was there the same controversy when Dunnes announced they were giving their staff bonuses?

Well parents who were turned teachers should also be paid this bonus

To be fair her employer can choose to pay her more or she could in theory negotiate a better rate of pay because she works for a private company. The private company probably increased profits due to the pandemic but may not bother to look after staff but they can if they wish.

These options are not available to public sector workers or employers because the pay scales are set. This is why the government is giving a bonus.

How can public funds be used to be bonuses to private companies staff?