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:

Absolutely. It is something we have thought about doing as society opens. It is an area we must address and not just with fishers. There are other sectors where people come in from both within the European Economic Area, EEA, and outside it. We need to look at maybe reaching into communities and areas where people from particular countries may congregate. We recognise the deficiencies sometimes apparent in social media and it is always a learning experience for us. We accept and recognise, both in our work and with the European Labour Authority, that the personal approach is absolutely required. We need to work with community leaders and people within sectors.

We will absolutely do that next year and we must worked with justice parties like the ITF or the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, MRCI. We must ensure that if we set up a town hall meeting, somebody will come. Those are the types of bodies that can help us in that regard. If it cannot be done because of geography, we will have to look to see how best we can deal with it as we are dealing with matters this morning.

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