Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 264: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the proposal made by SIPTU in August 2005 that a scientific review body be established to examine illnesses and injuries which are workplace related in order to assess the true level of occupational fatalities here; and if he will implement this proposal. [11691/06]

Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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In August 2005, SIPTU asked me to establish a scientific review body to examine all work-related illnesses and injuries. The union was concerned that only work-related fatalities that occur due to injuries-accidents inside in the workplace are counted in official statistics and was of the view that there are other examples of work-related deaths that occur but are not counted as such.

Arising from SIPTU's request, the Health and Safety Authority has approved the payment of a grant to the school of public health and population science at University College Dublin, to carry out a project examining the official data sources and collection methods used to capture work-related death statistics in the Republic of Ireland. The project is expected to be completed in about six months.