Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has re-registered as a medical practitioner and will work one shift a week to help out during the coronavirus crisis.
Mr Varadkar worked as a doctor for seven years before leaving the profession to become a politician and was removed from the medical register in 2013.
He rejoined the medical register in March, and offered his services to the HSE for one session a week, in areas that are within his scope of practice, a spokesperson for his office confirmed. "Many of his family and friends are working in the health service.
He wanted to help out even in a small way," the spokesperson added. The Taoiseach comes from a medical family. He is the son of a doctor and a nurse while his partner also works as a doctor.