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

Ms Patricia Byron:

We are in discussions on that with the Department in terms of how we can reallocate staff and work smarter with the resources we have. It is not always about more funding or saying a new body is needed. We have the additional sanction and we are confident that we have the right level of funding, at least for this year and next. The executive is determining what gaps in skill sets and qualifications need to be plugged in our organisation. As with other agencies, it is a matter of selling the fact that we offer public sector benefits and showing how there are ways in which it could be more preferable to work for us than for the private sector.