The once-off payment would be tax-free.
Families of healthcare workers who died from Covid-19 would receive €100,000 from the State under new plans to be considered by Cabinet, according to reports.
It comes as figures published last week from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) show that 23 healthcare workers died with the virus since March 2020.
Multiple reports state that Health Minister Stephen Donnelly will be outlining the new scheme for Cabinet when it meets on Tuesday morning (8 March).
As part of the plans, the once-off payment of €100,000 would be tax-free and would be given to the families of any healthcare worker designated by the Government as essential during the pandemic who died of the virus.
It is said that Cabinet is expected to sign off on the payment at Tuesday’s meeting.
The UK has already introduced a similar scheme where families of healthcare workers who died of Covid are given £60,000.
Meanwhile, the HPSC was notified on Monday of 2,383 PCR-confirmed cases of the virus.
In addition, on Sunday, 4,760 people registered a positive Covid antigen test through the HSE portal.
As of 8am on Monday, 808 patients with the virus were hospitalised, of which 47 were in intensive care units.
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