EU states to develop joint safety strategy
Gerald Nash, the Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, said that this was discussed with Marianne Thyssen, the EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility, during early December, in the context of the increased rate of fatalities on Irish farms.
He also welcomed moves by EU Agriculture Commissioner, Phil Hogan, to consider how CAP incentives may be linked to compliance with farm-safety practices. Irish farm deaths in 2014 were the highest level in 20 years.
