1600. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the reason that the criteria in HR circular 22/2022, which relates to the new temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employees who are unfit for work post Covid-19 infection, excludes employees who do not work in a Covid-19 exposed environment as defined in the Risk Assessment for Covid-19 Vaccination Guidelines for Healthcare Workers but who contracted Covid-19 in their workplace during 2020 and 2021; and if his Department will reconsider this exclusion given the number of healthcare workers impacted by long Covid. [42344/22]

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1600. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the reason that the criteria in HR circular 22/2022, which relates to the new temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employees who are unfit for work post Covid-19 infection, excludes employees who do not work in a Covid-19 exposed environment as defined in the Risk Assessment for Covid-19 Vaccination Guidelines for Healthcare Workers but who contracted Covid-19 in their workplace during 2020 and 2021; and if his Department will reconsider this exclusion given the number of healthcare workers impacted by long Covid. [42344/22]

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