Written answers
Tuesday, 20 October 2020
Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
Covid-19 Pandemic
Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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133. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 28 of 13 October 2020, if he will provide a breakdown of each NACE sector compliance with Covid-19 protocols, in the manner in which the CSO or EUROSTAT further break down these sectors into more detailed individual subsections (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31324/20]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Return to Work Safely Protocol (Protocol) was launched on 9May 2020 and came into effect on the 18May 2020 to coincide with Phase 1 of the Government roadmap to ease COVID-19 restrictions and commence the reopening of the economy. Between 18th May 2020, and 7thOctober 2020 the Health and Safety Authority carried out 3,855 COVID-19 compliance checks.
The table below shows the number of COVID-19 compliance checks per NACE sector and the percentage level of compliance with the main provisions contained in the Protocol namely;
- Covid Plan in place
- Covid training provided
- Covid control measures in place
- Lead worker representative in place
As the Deputy is aware the main NACE sectors detailed in the table below have sub sectors (in some cases multiple sub sectors). The Health and Safety Authority has indicated that to carry out the necessary interrogation of its reporting systems to produce an individual report on every sub sector of every NACE sector would take an excessive amount of time and would not, in their view, provide any additional value regarding the level of compliance to that available in the table below.
However, I have asked my officials to engage further with the Health and Safety Authority to ascertain what greater level of sectoral and sub-sectoral detail that they could reasonably provide directly to the Deputy.
The Deputy should note that other inspectorates from across Government are also carrying out Return to Work Safely Protocol compliance inspections, including inspectors from the Department of Education and Skills.
H.S.A Protocol Compliance checks Per Sector Between The 17th May 2020 - 7th Oct 2020
| NACE Sectors | Total No. of Protocol Compliance Checks | % With Covid Plan In Place | % Where Covid Training Was Completed | % With Covid Control Measures in place | % Where Lead Worker Selected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING | 83 | 65 | 75 | 89 | 57 |
| B | MINING AND QUARRYING | 47 | 77 | 100 | 96 | 68 |
| C | MANUFACTURING | 500 | 82 | 89 | 97 | 72 |
| D | ELECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY | 10 | 100 | 100 | 90 | 100 |
| E | WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE, WASTE MANAGMENT AND REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES | 45 | 78 | 78 | 96 | 69 |
| F | CONSTRUCTION | 1774 | 81 | 92 | 89 | 77 |
| G | WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE; REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES | 941 | 68 | 79 | 93 | 57 |
| H | TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE | 172 | 67 | 64 | 90 | 60 |
| I | ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICE ACTIVITIES | 43 | 74 | 81 | 91 | 79 |
| J | INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION | 9 | 78 | 78 | 100 | 56 |
| K | FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES | 4 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 75 |
| L | REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES | 4 | 100 | 75 | 100 | 75 |
| M | PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES | 67 | 69 | 57 | 97 | 58 |
| N | ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES | 30 | 80 | 83 | 90 | 70 |
| O | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE; COMPULSORY SOCIAL SECURITY | 27 | 96 | 89 | 96 | 78 |
| P | EDUCATION | 2 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| Q | HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK ACTIVITIES | 26 | 81 | 85 | 96 | 54 |
| R | ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION | 29 | 86 | 97 | 100 | 83 |
| S | OTHER SERVICE ACTIVITIES | 41 | 54 | 76 | 88 | 54 |
| T | ACTIVITIES OF HOUSEHOLDS AS EMPLOYERS; UNDIFFERENTIATED GOODS- AND SERVICES-PRODUCING ACTIVITIES OF HOUSEHOLDS FOR OWN USE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| U | ACTIVITIES OF EXTRATERRITORIAL ORGANISATIONS AND BODIES | 1 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
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