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

Photo of Louise O'ReillyLouise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am indeed. I have some questions that relate to the construction industry and some that relate to other areas of work. We have received new public health advice for how we conduct our business here. I am sure that nobody, least of all our esteemed witnesses, would suggest that there should be a kind of upstairs-downstairs situation whereby there is one rule for us and another for the poor unfortunate who happens to be working in a supermarket or on a construction site. Is it everybody's understanding that this protocol is a living document that is capable of being updated, as and when the public health advice is updated? We have had updated public health advice so we are updating how we do our business. Would that be our witnesses' understanding? As health advice is received, as we have received it and I assume that same advice is intended generally as public health advice, can that be incorporated into the protocol? Are all parties prepared for, and happy with, that?

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