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- Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: I do not share the Minister's touching faith in the attitudes of these employers.
- Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: They are not driven primarily by the safety and the health of their workers; they are driven primarily by the maximisation of their profits and sometimes workers' health and safety can be sacrificed at the expense of that. That is the allegation made by some of these workers. My final question is about the future of agriculture. Small farmers are facing the brunt of the coronavirus...
- Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: The Minister did not substantiate the claim that these people care about their workers.
- Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: I should-----
- Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: I was not-----
- Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: The evidence I have is a document from inside the company that I will not mention again and is not disputed by the company. The document indicates that 50 or more people are being considered part of a family unit and people can be moved from one family unit to another. A statement given to RTÉ indicated that people are sharing bedrooms and so on, which suggests to me that social...
- Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: I have three questions. I would like to pose a question, get an answer and so on. I raised earlier the issue of Keelings with the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Humphreys, and she informed me that the Health and Safety Authority, HSA, has the authority to go into any workplace and inspect it. Does the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine agree that the...
- Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: I am asking for an inspection in order that we can find out. I have an internal document from the company - which I will not name again - which refers to family groups and hostel groups which, in my opinion, clearly indicates that social distancing guidelines are not being followed and that workers' health is being endangered. The document states that the accommodation units will be...
- Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: I asked for a breakdown of costs.
- Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: The record will show my question - it is fair enough if the Minister heard it that way - was not: "Why have we done it?" My question was whether we can see a breakdown and are paying four times as much per bed.
- Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: The Minister did not answer but he spoke in the answer section, which is fine. He may not have the information. My third question relates to the conditions of workers who are in what are deemed essential workplaces and are currently going to work. I have been inundated by communication from workers stating that they do not feel safe at work. For example, Bausch & Lomb employees...
- Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: Let us take the seven minutes.
- Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: I am willing to take the-----
- Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: I wanted it in line with the way it was agreed at the Business Committee it would be done.
- Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: Will you let me get up again then or not?
- Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: Can I use the time now to finish the question? Then I will be happy. This is my last question.
- Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: I will make sure there is a minute for an answer. The point is another worker went to the Health and Safety Authority, HSA, and was told, because it is a pandemic, it is not under the authority's remit and it will not be inspecting. That is the issue. The Health and Safety Authority has publicly stated it is not its job to enforce the HSE guidelines on Covid-19 and it cannot do...
- Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: I have a number of questions and if it is okay I propose to get the answer to each one before moving on to the next question.
- Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: What was agreed originally at the Business Committee was a minute for the question and a minute for the reply.
- Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: I would find it more effective if I could get the answers to each one separately.