Louise O'Reilly
Question:50. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Health and Safety Authority workplace inspectors currently employed. [33721/21]
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The Health and Safety Authority has a current headcount of 189 which is made up of staff in administration and inspector grades. The current inspector headcount in the Authority is 105 comprising of Grade I (senior inspectors) as well as Grade II and Grade III inspectors.
Inspectors operate across all of the Authority’s legislative mandates which include occupational health and safety, chemicals, and market surveillance of products. These inspectors may also be involved in either general inspection, specialist inspection or policy implementation at national, European and international level.
In Budget 2021, the Government allocated an additional €4.2 million to the Authorities pay provision to resource both its COVID-19 and ongoing Brexit responses. In this respect the first phase of recruitment have been sanctioned and the Authority are actively recruiting Grade III inspectors at present, with the first of these new recruits due to join the Authority in July 2021.