Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses. My first questions are for Mr. Reid. I have previously raised with the committee the issue of serial testing in healthcare. Are there plans to consider random testing or temperature testing of hospital care workers? As I have said previously, these protocols are in place in factories. I am not sure why they cannot be implemented randomly in the HSE.

My next question is on congregated settings, particularly in the meat industry. We have heard about the issue of foreign workers being domiciled together. The HSA told us it was not within its remit but that it was a public health issue. Does the HSE have any intention of looking at it or engaging with the meat industry to see how it might be ameliorated?