However, the Construction Industry Federation has warned members that if they do not comply rigorously with health and safety regulations, sites will be closed down again.
The Department, the Housing Agency and the Housing Delivery Coordination Office have established a process where the relevant local authority will apply through the HDCO for a designation that a specific project falls within the meaning of essential activity under the health regulations. The letter notes that the new processes involve "...radical changes to how work is carried out and how employees travel to work, work, and return home. As with most measures, personal responsibility is critical to successfully stopping the virus."
The letter confirms that the CIF, the Irish Home Builders Association and An Garda Síochána are still fielding regular calls from members of the public reporting companies at work, and advises members to "go above and beyond what's normal and do whatever it takes to ensure employees comply with the SOP and attached documents."
Workers must travel to work individually "where possible", and employers must ensure workers do not congregate on the way to the site, onsite or leaving the site or take lunch in groups. .
Proper order. Now get the 100 thousand people back to work in the rest of construction LeoVaradkar ( better mention social distancing before the Corona Police lynch me )
sinnfeinireland loreillysf Louise commented that putting people back to work and exposing them to the virus is a plot for FG and FF to deny people a place to live safely. It should be stopped immediately and SF will do nothing !