Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 August 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants
Mr. Greg Ennis:
I am not. I believe representatives of the Migrant Rights Centre will be before the committee later and they may talk about this issue. We, however, have anecdotal evidence with regard to the cramped conditions in which workers are living around the country, as do all unions. This phenomenon of hot-bedding is really the worst-case scenario. Workers on a shift finish go back to their houses while the other workers living there go into work. That sort of arrangement needs to be outlawed because it will absolutely transmit Covid.
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