Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the expert witnesses for coming in. It is helpful information. Looking back at some of the things that I have spoken about in the Dáil so far, I was dismayed to see that, as far back as 19 March, I was talking about the need to address issues relating to migrant workers, especially in the context of the Covid crisis, because they were always going to become a reservoir where the disease would hang on unless they were properly treated and dealt with. My first question relates to whether the witnesses can provide a more complete picture regarding the nationalities of those employed in meat processing plants. I get the impression that they are predominantly migrant workers. Is there a breakdown of the incidence rate of Covid-19 between migrant workers who work in those factories and those who are more normally resident in Ireland? Will the witnesses give me a fuller picture in that regard?