Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Government gives high priority to the issue of health and safety in the workplace. The HSA does a very good job. However, the employment landscape has changed. The numbers involved and the level of activity in construction which used to occupy much of the attention of the HSA have changed. The way in which the authority is conducting its business, for example in online activity, has changed. All of that said, of course, the views of its chief executive are taken seriously by the Government.

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