Slaney Foods in Bunclody is operating at a significantly reduced capacity after confirming 42 positive cases.
Another 66 cases have been identified at an ABP plant in Bandon in Cork, which is also running at a reduced capacity.
Mr Ennis also questioned the accuracy figures on infections among workers disclosed by the industry over the last ten months.
“Where there are significant outbreaks like this, production should be halted while the plant is deep cleaned and sanitised, without loss of earnings,” he said. “What’s at stake is people’s safety over a drive for profits. We are now dealing with highly transmissible variants.”
Trade union repeat call for action on meat industry after new Covid factory outbreaks
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The trade union, SIPTU , has called yet again on the Government to act immediately on the recommendations of the Oireachtas committee on the meat industry which has a number of operations in Kildare
Following reports of two more significant Covid-19 clusters in Cork and Wexford, with more than 100 workers testing positive for the virus, SIPTU Manufacturing Division Organiser, Greg Ennis, has called on the Government to act immediately on the recommendations of the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 for the Meat Industry.