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:

The HSE - the medical experts - will be there. They will advise us, if that is the case.

In terms of the unions, I have the agreement here. If a worker representative raises an issue with management and it is not being dealt with, the trade union forum, the CIF and the HSA have a forum and they meet and discuss. There is an agreement that this would be done promptly. If it cannot be dealt with at that level, it is referred to the Covid-19 department of the HSA. All of those particular actions are there. It is good that it is there.

There is much focus here on the HSA and inspectors. I expect everything will not be perfect. It will take a while. I note some of our contractors have been dealing with this for the past month. It took a while. There were toolbox talks having to be called every couple of hours to say, "Lads, this is not the way it will work."

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