Beef
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) coordinated the investigation of 51 food...
The ICMSA has hit out at Irish meat processors who they claim are using "mind games" to drive down cattle prices.
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is currently seeking temporary veterinary inspectors (TVIs) for meat plants.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) is currently seeking temporary veterinary inspectors (TVIs) for meat plants around the country.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is hiring temporary veterinary inspectors for meat plants around the country.
SIPTU has said that statutory sick pay legislation is a "small step in the right direction" when it comes to meat factory workers.
Rural Life
362 accidents were reported to the Health and Safety Authority in meat processing plants around the country over an almost 12-month period.
SIPTU representatives have called on the government to reconsider its opposition to a bill which,...
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has this afternoon (Wednesday) announced details of a new law to give all workers the right to sick pay.
Covid-19 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has carried out 895 inspections of the country's meat-processing plants
The HIQA has published advice to the HSE on potential impact of rapid antigen testing to detect Covid-19 in meat processing plant workers.
Agri Politics
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) said that "every effort" has been made to recruit meat plant workers domestically in the last number of years.
Members of trade union SIPTU are seeking a ban on agencies providing workers to the meat industry so as to ensure direct employment.
People Before Profit has moved a bill to provide a sick pay scheme for migrant workers in the meat, dairy and horticulture sectors.
Following the publication of the Expert Report on Covid-19 Rapid Testing, the immediate introduction of its recommendations is called for.
Sinn Féin's O’Reilly said she is confident that scrutiny of her bill will reinforce the need for such legislation.
One year ago, trade union SIPTU says it "set out its stall", as its concerns grew over Covid-19 spreading within meat processing plants.
Ireland's meat processing sector "is not making the social and economic contribution it is capable of and leaves the sector particularly ill-placed to meet many challenges".
Figures released to TD O'Reilly by the department show that nearly half of all inspections of meat plants uncovered breaches of employment law and workers’ rights.
87% of the meat plant inspections carried out by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) since May 18, 2020, have been unannounced.
A senator has called for meat plants to be obliged to inform communities of outbreaks in plants.
Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy has criticised the government for adopting a "hands-off approach to meat factories".
Trade union SIPTU has said that there must be a "coherent approach" in determining the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine to essential workers.
