Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 19 May 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Briefing by ICTU, HSA and CIF Representatives on the Reopening of the Construction Industry

Mr. Tom Parlon:

According to reports received up until lunchtime today, we have had dozens of Health and Safety Authority inspections. That agency has been very active on the ground. It has made quite robust inspections and has not encountered any major issues. Our standard operating procedure has been downloaded approximately 10,000 times. Every large and small contractor has taken that on board. It is their licence to get back to work. I mentioned that approximately 130,000 workers have completed the induction course throughout the length and breadth of the country. It is available in several languages, including Russian, Polish and Romanian. It is also available in Irish. More than 1% of our workers downloaded the induction as Gaeilge. The industry has really come together on this. I certainly would not accept the claim that smaller firms, the one-man or two-man family operations, are any less diligent than the big players.

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