Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 January 2021
3. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Health and Safety Authority on-site inspections carried out in 2020, in tabular form by month and sector. [1936/21]
View answerBetween the 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2020 the Health and Safety Authority carried out nine thousand one hundred and twenty five (9,125) workplace inspections across a range of sectors including 5,164 inspections to assess compliance with the Work Safely Protocol. During 2020 the Health and Safety Authority took on a number of new roles in relation to the management of COVID-19 in workplaces which included the training of, and supporting, other inspectorates to carry-out Protocol related inspections and, also as a member of Outbreak Control Teams , in support of public health, at various meat plants.
As requested by the Deputy the number of inspections in each sector is shown in the table attached in the below link.
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