People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett has accused Taoiseach Micheál Martin of "insulting" student nurses by "refusing to pay them" for working in the Covid-19 pandemic.
Deputy Boyd Barrett asserted that the "final insult" came yesterday when the Cabinet signed off on an "unbelievable" proposal to increase pensions for former taoisigh and senior civil servants.
The Dún Laoghaire TD said this was "simply shocking" and "beyond belief" given that he had received "dozens and dozens of testimonies" from student nurses working with people infected with Covid-19 and their families.
In reply, Mr Martin said: "I don't insult people." Regarding the testimony from student nurses read out by Deputy Boyd Barrett, the Taoiseach said: "If that