Renault Group Ireland (plus all its dealer network) and AXA Insurance Ireland have teamed up to provide complimentary Renault vehicles with complimentary AXA motor insurance for the next two months for doctors and nurses returning from overseas to support the Health Service Executive (HSE) during the COVID-19 crisis.
Qualification rules
To qualify for the scheme, which can be applied for through COVID Car Cover, the only requirements the medics need to satisfy is that they are Irish citizens, that they have proof of the fact they have returned home to support the national response to the coronavirus pandemic, and that they have a full driver's licence (either an Irish permit or one from another country). The joint initiative between Renault and AXA is to 'acknowledge the exceptional contribution being made by returning medics to support the national response to the pandemic'.
'We want to help'
Antoinette McDonald, director at AXA with responsibility for Direct, Partner and Customer Experience, said: "Our frontline doctors, nurses and support staff have inspired the whole country, and none more so than the many doctors and nurses now returning from as far away as Australia to help the national COVID-19 effort. We want to help these men and women get organised with practical things like cars and insurance as they prepare to return to hospitals around the country, and this is the most practical way in which we can help."
Paddy Magee, country operations director for Renault Group Ireland, added: "We as a nation are so grateful to all those working on the frontline treating patients and helping to combat the horrors of COVID-19. It shows real courage to come home from overseas to help us fight the battle and we really appreciate what these returning doctors and nurses are doing. We hope that supplying cars to these frontline medical staff will help to make their commutes to and from work a little easier and less stressful, and we and our dealer network are delighted to be of assistance in some small way."