Student nurses are to receive a special €100 per week payment for their period on placements in hospitals during the pandemic backdated to last September, the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said. Addressing the annual conference of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) on Friday, he said payment of the €100 per week grant, which was recommended by a review late last year, would commence from next week. “ I accepted all of the recommendations (of the review), and also decided that this placement grant be backdated to September 2020. My Department has instructed the HSE to process this payment, and I have confirmation that payments will begin from next week. “In the twelve months to March 2021 alone, almost 8,000 more staff have been added to the public health service.

Source: The Irish Times May 07, 2021 12:56 UTC