Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 November 2020

Public Accounts Committee

2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works

4:30 pm

Mr. Maurice Buckley:

The Deputy is right. We would invest every year in personal safety, personal protective equipment, safety measures at our sites and workplaces. We have a safety management committee, which reports directly into the management board and is led by a management board member. We are in the process of seeking certification to ISO 45001, the international health and safety standard. We already have it in place in the flood risk area and we are extending it now to the heritage area. The heritage area is incredibly complicated. It deals with old castles and narrow winding stairs; Dún Aonghasa, a cliff with a big drop to the sea; and Skellig Michael, with steep steps up to it. It is a very tricky area as to what to do and how far to go to put in safety measures, and to what extent people have to take personal responsibility to enjoy those sites in their full natural glory.

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