Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 August 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants
Mr. Philip Carroll:
It is in the meat industry's interest. This is why we have pretty robust controls in place. Clearly, there are societal implications. As has already been said, clusters do not start in meat plants: Covid-19 is introduced into meat plants. Due to the fact that there are locations where a large number of people work, there is probably a degree of inevitability that clusters would be formed. It is critically important, as we go forward and learn from the past, that we have swift contract tracing and rapid results from tests so that in no circumstance does a cluster form to the extent that it becomes serious.
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