The Minister for Agriculture has said his Department is aware of a number of clusters of Covid-19 at meat processing plants in Ireland.
Michael Creed was speaking in the Dáil and was responding to questions on the virus. He said that there were six cases, adding there are "five in processing plants, one in a de-boning plant".
Mr Creed was responding to a question from Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley, who raised concerns about social distancing at a meat plant.
The Laois-Offaly TD said there were significant concerns about social distancing at the plant, where he alleged there had been 120 cases of the virus confirmed.