Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 August 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants

Photo of Patricia RyanPatricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have two questions for Dr. McGuinness and one for Mr. Sheahan. My colleague, the Sinn Féin councillor Noel Connolly, made a disclosure to the HSA and the office of the Minister for Health on Tuesday evening about a report that was made to him regarding an employer who is forcing an employee to work despite the worker being symptomatic and a family member of a confirmed case. He has not heard back from the HSA. How long does it take to address issues like this? Is it a matter of policy not to communicate with the complainant?

Second, what efforts are being made to educate meat factory workers whose first language is not English about this disease? What efforts are being made to ensure infected employees are self-isolating?

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