Dáil debates
Thursday, 2 April 2015
Order of Business
11:50 am
Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Ba mhaith liom cheist a chur faoin farm safety scheme. So far this year there have been three fatal accidents on Irish farms. These deaths account for 60% of all fatal work accidents since the start of the year but farming accounts for less than 6% of the workforce. Last year was the worst in more than two decades for farm deaths, with 30 people, five of them children, dying on farms. That was an 87% increase in the number of fatalities in 2013. The high number of fatal accidents is a clear reflection of the difficult working conditions farmers must endure. Despite this, the Health and Safety Authority has indicated it intends cutting the number of inspections this year.
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