Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 October 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion

Mr. Liam Kelly:

I should have gone into that initially. Mr. O’Brien referred to how there may be occasions when people are reluctant to talk to us on the quayside. We acknowledge that is true. In those instances, we provide contact details in order that we can be contacted subsequently. Any subsequent meetings with fishers are held with interpreters present. We recognise parties may be of the view that if they talk to us through interpreters on the quayside, this may in some way highlight the fact they are talking to WRC inspectors. We are sensitive to all of that and recognise this is a very challenging situation. We are examining whether we should review our policy and have interpreters available when we know when a ship is due to dock and the language skills that will be required. We are quite happy to report back to the committee on that.

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