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- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: Is the timer for ten minutes?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: It would cost a fair bit.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: I call now Deputy Burke.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: If it is convened, I hope it will be a bit more successful than the beef task force.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: Thank you, Ms King.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: The next speaker is Deputy Shanahan. I will have to be fairly ruthless with the five-minute slots from now on or else we will go over time.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: I am loath to cut Ms King short, but I have to make time for other speakers. I call Deputy Nolan, who represents a constituency affected by this.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: There are six speaking slots left so I am going to reduce the time for each to four minutes. Deputy Carroll MacNeill, therefore, has eight minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: Next is Deputy Carthy, who has eight minutes. I have had to reduce the final spots by a minute or so. I am sorry, but it is to allow everyone to contribute.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: I will try to.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: Just go ahead.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: It is because we have workers' representatives in this session. Meat Industry Ireland will be in the next. The Deputy will have an opportunity to ask it questions then.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: Deputy Carthy knows the parliamentary practice.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: Yes. I am glad Mr. Ennis does not want to single out any company and is saying it is a generic problem across the sector.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: I have no desire to correct the Deputy other than on the practice of naming companies.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: Yes, she has ten seconds.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: I would ask also that you would respect the Chair as we do have to get through another speaker. Deputy Browne has been sitting here patiently for some time.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: Does Mr. Ennis agree that the inspections are, by and large, unannounced?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: They are announced.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: I have a couple of questions on which I ask for "Yes" or "No" answers. Ms Labo referred to a hostility towards trade unions and indicated that workers and their family members were blacklisted. Is she saying they were blacklisted not only in one company but across the entire sector?