Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2015, publiée 105ème session CIT (2016)

Convention (n° 155) sur la sécurité et la santé des travailleurs, 1981 - Irlande (Ratification: 1995)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments.

Repetition

Application in practice. The Committee notes the detailed statistical information, disaggregated by sector, occupation, gender, age, nationality, injury and illness type, etc. contained in the Health and Safety Authority’s Summary of Workplace Injury, Illness and Fatality Statistics 2009–10. The Committee notes that the highest number of recorded fatalities in 2010 was in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector and that the rate of fatalities per 100,000 workers in this sector has seen a significant increase in 2010 compared with previous years. The Committee requests the Government to provide further information on the measures taken or envisaged to address the increase in recorded fatalities in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector, and to continue to supply information on the application of the Convention in practice.