Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)

It is very disappointing that in 2005 the Law Reform Commission's report recommended the introduction of an offence of corporate manslaughter but in 2010 the Government established an interdepartmental working group to report back. This is a very long time. We should be pressing this issue as it is urgent. In my constituency of Dublin North-West there were two fatalities, a worker and a child, as a result of bad practices during the regeneration of Ballymun. Given the effect this is having on families we need to work on it as quickly as possible.

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