Nurses to get backdated promised €100 pandemic grant Updated / Friday, 7 May 2021 13:12 The payment applies for weeks when the students were on placement in health care settings during the pandemic (File pic) Student nurses and midwives are set to receive a backdated promised Pandemic Placement Grant of €100 per week by 1 June, the Minister for Health has confirmed. The payment applies for weeks when the students in question were on placement in health care settings during the pandemic, and was recommended in a review by Professor Tom Collins. Addressing the INMO online Annual Delegate Conference, Minister Stephen Donnelly praised the students for overcoming unprecedented challenges posed by Covid-19 during their studies.