Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 10 July 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Congregated Settings: Meat Plants (Resumed)

Mr. Cormac Healy:

I am not aware of other instances but, as the chairman said earlier, it was not our industry. It was not something management had pursued or looked for and they were not the ones who issued the information. I cannot answer for other sectors.

I will hand over to my colleague on the questionnaire but I will make one point on it. While the questionnaire is about the questions and checking with the individual in the morning, it is also about awareness.

That was one of the recommendations. It is about constant awareness and focusing on it. Inasmuch as the questionnaires are about assessing whether the employee has symptoms, it is also to reinforce in the back of people's minds that it is still an issue and they still have to work with the procedures once they go into the site.

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