Health and Safety

Thursday, 9 September 2021

Questions (2)

Martin Browne

Question:

2. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of HSA investigations carried out to date in 2021, by county. [41515/21]

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Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

From 01 January 2021 to 27 August 2021, the Health and Safety Authority conducted 5,346 proactive inspections and 703 investigations. The HSA can launch an investigation on foot of a complaint received or as a result of a fatal or non-fatal incident. As requested, the number of investigations by county is presented in the table below: