Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

A Cheann Comhairle, as you and I will not encounter each other for the rest of this year, to our mutual relief probably, I wish you and everybody about the place a happy Christmas.

In 2005, 88 people were killed at work in Ireland, 73 of them here in the South and 15 in the North. There were only 40 prosecutions brought against employers resulting in fines averaging €7,000 — clearly, that is not a sanction. When will corporate manslaughter legislation be brought before this House to rein in these wayward employers?

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