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Personal Protective Equipment (Covid-19) Bill 2022
- Sponsor
- Paul Murphy · People Before Profit-Solidarity
- Introduced
- 26 Apr 2022
- Last updated
- 14 Nov 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 to require employers provide FFP2-grade masks or higher to employees where Covid-19 risks cannot be controlled by other means.
- Explicitly applies requirement to education, childcare, and healthcare workers in schools, colleges, hospitals, primary care centres, and nursing homes.
- Requires Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to review the provision within 3 months of the bill coming into force.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil26 Apr 2022
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