Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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97. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether adequate resources have been allocated to the Health and Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43833/21]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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In the 2021 budget the Health and Safety Authority was given an additional pay allocation of €4.2m, primarily to increase the staff available to it, enabling the Authority to deliver further on its mandate including the establishment of an occupational health division but also to cover additional resources for Brexit and COVID-19.

The Health and Safety Authority has a full staff complement of 203 which is made up of staff in administration and inspector grades. The inspector grades comprise of Grade I (senior inspectors) as well as GII and GIII inspectors. Inspectors operate across all our mandates – occupational health and safety, market surveillance of products and chemicals. They may also be involved in either general inspection, specialist inspection or policy implementation at national, European and international level.