Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have a question for the HSA and the Department. Following the previous meeting we had about this issue, and after listening to the unions this morning, I think even Meat Industry Ireland might agree that accommodation and congregated settings, especially as they relate to migrant workers, without doubt constitute vectors of disease transmission in the factories.

Looking to the future, do public bodies have any oversight as regards how people who are being brought into the country on work visas should be housed, segregated and treated?

I congratulate MII on fulfilling the commitment to meet the unions it gave when its representatives last appeared. I hope that that will bear some fruit. Perhaps the HSA will comment on the accommodation for migrant workers?