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

Dr. Sharon McGuinness:

As I said, those complaints dated from the time period of 1 March and overlapped a series of different Government elements. All of them would be addressed through the workplace contact unit and have been followed up, in some instances by inspectors where necessary. In terms of the complaints process, while we do not always go back to a complainant we address his or her complaint and he or she can, if asked, come back to us and see what has happened. We do not generally divulge, on either side, whether we have inspected a site because not only is the nature of the complaint confidential to the complainant, what happens at a workplace is also confidential. We can talk about it in the round. Each of those complaints would have been followed up and addressed to the complainant, who would have received a response, and the employer would have been contacted and checked in respect of the public health measures in place.

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