Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Session 2: Industry Perspective

Dr. Monika Bickert:

The Deputy is right that these jobs can be very challenging. That goes for the full-time employees as well as the contractors. I want to acknowledge that. I was a criminal prosecutor for more than a decade. I worked a lot on child exploitation cases so that focus on making sure that we are providing resources is a major one. I, too, have toured many of our contractor workforce locations, including in Ireland. I have found them to be nice places to work. I know that there are counselling and other wellness resources for them and I have talked to the employees there. They always have challenges in their jobs but, generally, our attrition rates are very low and our family and friend referral rates are very high.

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