KEY UNION CALLS FOR WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY REFORMS
May 1st, 2009
BY SYMON ROSS
THE SIPTU (Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union) in Ireland expressed concern this month (May) the country's Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has inadequate resources to carry out workplace inspections.
The union said with 200,000 workplaces in the Republic of Ireland and only around 14,000 workplace assessments annually, a business could wait more than 14 years for a safety check from an HSA inspector.
"To me that sounds totally inadequate," SIPTU health adviser Sylvester Cronin said later.
"The HSA and Department ...
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