Dáil debates
Thursday, 21 May 2020
Outbreaks of Covid-19 in Meat Processing Plants: Statements
11:15 pm
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I will reference some of the points that I have not had a chance to reply to yet. I am conscious that I am straying into the jurisdiction of the Department of Health, but it is my information that, as the Minister, Deputy Harris, put on the record today, the local HSE teams that dealt with outbreaks initially and the local and national outbreak control teams that were subsequently established have had the authority to prescribe all and every action deemed necessary to protect the workers in question, up to and including closure of the plants. I mean deep clean, PPE, temperature testing and whatever else is deemed necessary. The feedback-----
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