Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2019, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Occupational Cancer Convention, 1974 (No. 139) - Ireland (Ratification: 1995)

Other comments on C139

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Article 5 of the Convention. Medical examinations after the period of employment. The Committee notes the Government’s indication in its report, in response to the Committee’s request on medical examinations after the period of employment that all citizens have access to various medical services, consultations and interventions, including supervision of their state of health in relation to past occupational hazards. The Government also refers to the National Cancer Control Programme, which provides for assistance in the prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and end-of-life care. The Committee requests the Government to provide more specific information on how it is ensured that workers are provided with such medical examinations or biological or other tests or investigations, as are necessary to evaluate their state of health in relation to occupational hazards after their employment. In this respect, it requests further information on the medical services referred to in the Government’s report related to the supervision of their state of health in relation to past occupational hazards.