For your information:

http://www.hsa.ie/eng/Statistics/Fatal_Injury/

Major concern is the amount of fatalities in the Agriculture sector

Chris,

Construction activity has been decimated in the both the commercial and domestic sectors since the downturn.

BUT domestic activity in the construction sector in both the UK and ROI markets, will take a further downturn, once EU regulations placing H&S obligations on the householder (i.e., making them take on the role as client in a similar fashion to those in the commercial sector) which could put people off undertaking extensions etc.

Ciaran

In relation to your observation, 'once EU regulations placing H&S obligations on the householder (i.e., making them take on the role as client in a similar fashion to those in the commercial sector)' can you indicate the sources of timescales for implementation of these EU regulations in Ireland and in the UK, please?

Thank you, Ciaran

I'll look out for these innovations, which in principle may well be in the right direction. Safe, healthy working is generally more reliable yet may not necessarily always be cost-free in the short run, as the data on the agricultural sector indicate.

The innovations also create a market opportunity for a niche H & S consultancy to facilitate householder-clients to fulfil their responsibilities - as a very innovative practice combining HR & OSH services (and led by a Grad IOSH) is demonstrating in the agricultural sector in the UK, mainly in Oxford-Cambridge zone.