Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Gabhaim buíochas as an gcur i láthair.

I found the opening statement extremely powerful and what is particularly scandalous is that we have known of the concerns for workers in meat processing factories and it is something that is not new. We have known of the scandalous mistreatment of these workers, of which such a proportion are from the migrant community. Covid-19 was nearly the culmination of what we have known for so long. The fact that on 1 June there were 1,054 reported cases is frightening, especially in light of the fact that we knew there has been such concern regarding the mistreatment of workers in these factories for such a long time. I did some research and the HSE does not seem to have a figure for how many of those cases were migrant workers. According to the MRCI's report, six out of every ten workers are migrant workers. What percentage of workers who contracted Covid-19 were migrant workers?