Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals

Ms Sorcha Tunney:

I was just thinking about the football world cup. I will not mention who runs the world cup, but thinking about the number of people who have died in the process of building these stadiums -The Guardianreported that 6,500 have been killed - most of whom were from India, Nepal and countries like that, there is no remedy for these people and their families.

There has been none. There is a campaign at the moment to ask for remedy, but that is happening now. It starts in 30 days. This is where this directive must have civil liability or there is no stick. The question was asked by Deputy Shanahan about how we ensure that companies do this. The word "mandatory" is very important. It is key to couple it with civil liability. We must keep it in, and to be honest, we must strengthen it.

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