Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Friday, 10 July 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Congregated Settings: Meat Plants (Resumed)
Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Mr. Healy said that there were substantial measures from early on. Mr. Carroll told Deputy Bríd Smith that it was not perfect. We need to realise that this was disastrous for the people who worked there and were affected by this. We are talking about 1,100 people being infected with Covid-19, a disease that has caused a global pandemic. To say that substantial measures were taken from early on and that it was not perfect does not cover the gravity of the situation for the people who work in this sector. I want to look at what is happening now because we are concerned about a potential second wave and all those things. I would like clarity on whether all factories are now taking workers' temperatures. How many times per day are they being checked? How many workers, if any, are being sent home on a daily basis due to temperature issues?
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