1349. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the large cohort of front-line staff in healthcare settings under section 39 who provide a service on behalf of the HSE who still remain excluded from qualifying for the pandemic special recognition payment; the person or body that decided the eligibility criteria; the methodology that was used in deciding to exclude this cohort of Section 39 frontline staff from the payment; the reason that no independent centralised appeals mechanism was put in place; if his attention has been drawn to the number of this particular cohort that are excluded from the payment; if he will direct his Department and the HSE to conduct research and analysis through engagement with the various representative bodies and organisations to determine the number of this cohort that are involved in order to rectify the situation; if so, the timeline for when the research will be conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63896/22]

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1349. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the large cohort of front-line staff in healthcare settings under section 39 who provide a service on behalf of the HSE who still remain excluded from qualifying for the pandemic special recognition payment; the person or body that decided the eligibility criteria; the methodology that was used in deciding to exclude this cohort of Section 39 frontline staff from the payment; the reason that no independent centralised appeals mechanism was put in place; if his attention has been drawn to the number of this particular cohort that are excluded from the payment; if he will direct his Department and the HSE to conduct research and analysis through engagement with the various representative bodies and organisations to determine the number of this cohort that are involved in order to rectify the situation; if so, the timeline for when the research will be conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63896/22]

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