Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Engagement with Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority

Photo of Marie SherlockMarie Sherlock (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have one question picking up on remote work. We have seen a stabilisation of trends now in terms of the numbers, or are beginning to see one. I am open to correction but I think 2007 is when we had the last set of health and safety regulations with regard to working at home and remote work. We have the guidance document from the Health and Safety Authority that was just published in the wake of the pandemic. Is there a plan on the part of the HSA to look for an update of those regulations? If I recall correctly, the legislation refers to desktops and the angles; it is a workplace that many younger workers would not recognise at all now in terms of how technology is used. Is there a plan to seek an update to those regulations or is the HSA content to leave them?

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