Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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240. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount the Health and Safety Authority spent on all safety initiatives; the number of inspections it carried out in each of the years 2010 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26409/17]

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Details on the number of inspections and investigations and spend on safety initiatives by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) for the period 2010 - 2017 is as follows:

Health and Safety Authority Inspectors carry out inspections across all work sectors and work activities that come under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and the Chemicals Act 2008. Most inspections are targeted at the high risk sectors such as construction, agriculture, forestry, manufacturing, mines, quarries, transport of dangerous goods by road, or the chemical sectors. Other inspections can be part of a particular safety awareness campaign e.g. on manual handling, on slips, trips or falls or on compliance with the REACH Regulation.

The HSA produces a Programme of Work each year setting out its plan for all areas of its work, including inspection targets. The 2017 Programme of Work set a target of 11,100 inspections and investigations. To date (25 May 2017) the HSA has carried out 37% of its target number of inspections and investigations.