Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 March 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion

Photo of Louise O'ReillyLouise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is a very worthwhile endeavour Proactively interrogating the circumstances surrounding an employer contracting a disease like Covid-19, and being required under legislation to do so is something an employer would actively pursue, benefit from and want. It does not appear that the administrative burden would be so large as to discourage an employer from doing that. The information and exercise of collating that information would be extremely valuable.

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