Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 December 2020
474. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 25 November 2020, if he will provide all materials, reports, correspondence or findings in relation to the referenced pilot study. [42658/20]
View answerThe referenced pilot study involved the voluntary participation and co-operation of a single meat processing plant, which included sharing a significant amount of information of a commercially sensitive nature about operational processes within that plant.
The pilot study was undertaken on the understanding that a report would be shared with other meat plant operators, the public health authorities and other relevant state agencies. The ultimate aim of sharing the findings of this study was to inform a better understanding of the risk factors for within-plant transmission of COVID-19 and enhanced mitigation of those risks across the sector.
