Construction sites 'safer than the community'

Construction Industry Federation boss, Tom Parlon said the sector should be allowed to reopen on March 8 as it has a 'proven safety track record'.

The director general of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF), Tom Parlon has said that the sector should be allowed to reopen on March 8 as it has a proven safety track record.

The construction sector operated to very strict procedures with very strong directives to workers, he told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland.