Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 September 2020
885. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if she will provide details of the correspondence between Meat Industry Ireland and his Department about clusters of Covid-19 in plants and potential closures of plants between 1 March and 16 September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25197/20]
View answerMyself, my predecessors and my officials have had regular meetings with Meat Industry Ireland, and indeed with the other food industry representatives, in the course of the pandemic. At all meetings, it was emphasised that Industry’s priority must be the safeguarding of human health and following HSE guidelines at all levels of operation. The first of these meetings was on 11 March and they have continued on a regular basis since then.
