Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 November 2017
Select Committee on Social Protection
Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Further Revised)
9:30 am
John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
The Minister is saying that under head 8 of the Bill, there will be provision for an employee to be able to seek redress from the WRC. I said that was through the Labour Court within the WRC. There was a Supreme Court ruling in 2013 which specifically stated that the WRC could not make determinations on points of law regarding setting national wage rates. There is a point there. There is a legal definition going back to 2013 that it does not have the power to rule on points of law.
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