Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Role and Operation of the Health and Safety Authority: Discussion
9:30 am
Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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I am only joking. I wish everyone a good morning. I thank the witnesses for the evidence provided and for the work they do. I have had first-hand experience of dealing with their organisation. The staff were always efficient. They are good at what they do, and it is very necessary. I have a couple of questions. I will try to relate them to the points in the authority's submission if that is okay.
On point 18, can the witnesses give me an idea of what the incident breach rate was for the investigations? The submission lists the investigations that took place, but what is the breach rate? For the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, it is about 50%. Can the witnesses give us an indication of how many of the 10,458 proactive and reactive investigations that took place found a breach and maybe give an idea of the areas or type involved?