Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

631. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the health and safety framework of each commercial and non-commercial State agency; when the health and safety policy of each was last reviewed; when the safety statement of each was last reviewed; if each body has a health and safety committee and when this was last elected; if each has a health and safety representative and when this person was last elected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29560/16]

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

My Department has a dedicated Health & Safety Unit within its Corporate Services Division which engages in a proactive and dynamic way to ensure that all the obligations under the Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005 are adhered to. To that end, my Department also has an active Health and Safety Committee in place, supported by a series of “House Committees” given that our staff are located across a multiple of locations, which address Health and Safety matters and issues arising.

The Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005 requires certain documentation and representation arrangements to be put in place for each workplace. In relation to my Department, the relevant information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following Table.

I might add that the Department’s own Safety Statement has recently been updated by the relevant Unit with a view to its being presented for formal approval shortly.

In relation to the Agencies of my Department, the safety documentation and representation arrangements are a matter for the individual Agencies concerned, in which I have no role, but I am arranging for the information sought to be collated and reported to the Deputy.