Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Friday, 10 July 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Congregated Settings: Meat Plants (Resumed)
Mr. Joe Ryan:
The Deputy is right that these workers are incredibly important to us and valued by us. I do not know that we are unique in the breakdown of our workers by nationality when one looks across the various multinational companies. They are, as I said, very valued. As to why we have that breakdown, I do not know. Like other sectors, in recent years as the economy moved to full employment we had to seek additional workers from outside Ireland. Thankfully, through free movement within the EU, many of our workers come from other member states.
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