OSH system at national level - Ireland

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Ceri Jones Birkbeck College, University Of London , Juliet Hassard Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom , Tom Cox Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom Professor , Patricia Murphy Health and Safety Authority, Ireland

Occupational safety and health legislative framework

General safety and health legislation was first introduced in the Republic of Ireland in 1989, in conjunction with the European Community’s Framework Directive (89/391/EEC), [1]. The Framework Directive was transposed through the Safety Health and Welfare at Work (SHWW) Act 1989, which was updated in 2005 to the Safety Health and Welfare at work (SHWW) Act. As well as the EU 1989 Framework directive, the Irish OSH legislation also, historically, partly reflects the Irish Barrington Commission report proposals of 1983 (‘Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Safety Health and Welfare at Work), which itself arose…

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