Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 April 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Paul MurphyPaul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

The figures I have are from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, HPSC, from 7 April. Those are the most recently published figures and they state that there are 25 open outbreaks in meat plants. If Mr. Healy has alternative or more up-to-date figures, I would be grateful if he would share them with the committee.

On the substance of the issue, does Mr. Healy accept that the fact that an estimated 90% of workers in meat plants do not have access to sick pay is a factor in the meat plants being a continual issue in terms of Covid?

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