Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 August 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants
Ms Patricia King:
We have gone through all the efforts we have made. The Deputy will be aware of the fundamental flaw arising from the lack of legislation to ensure that workers have a voice. There is no balance.
The Deputy's listing of the company structures and so on makes the case for a task force to run the gamut of what is happening in the industry. That should in no way interrupt the focus on fixing the matter of the health and safety and protection of the workers immediately. It should not in any way interrupt anybody's focus on the questions I hope will be asked of the HSA later and on doing what should be done to arrest and contain the spread of Covid. We could eliminate it if we do it correctly.
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