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:

I absolutely agree. If in doubt, going to the virgin position, as the Deputy mentioned earlier, is not the way to go. What I am saying that we need to ensure it is safe. That is it. Going back to the analogy of the phone, we all get offers of more sophisticated phones. Do we need them? Are they right? Maybe there is a sustainability issue around that or many other areas. However, any phone or appliance that has to go out and that we have to work with in our working environment needs to be safe and healthy.