Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2020-09-02
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

The Deputy has. The Government introduced the Covid-19 illness benefit. Some €330 is available per week to employed and self-employed workers. It is paid for two weeks where a person is medically certified as self-isolated, and can be extended for a further two weeks and for a maximum of ten weeks where a person is medically certified as being diagnosed with Covid-19. We extended this payment to workers who live in direct provision. I spoke to the acting Chief Medical Officer over a month ago about this.

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Sitting date: 2020-09-02