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:

It is important to remember that, as the Deputy says, there are 170 vessels in the scheme. There are 200,000 employments we need to inspect as well. We are very much committed to the scheme and the number of inspections we have carried out to date shows that. On the dissuasive effect of the penalties, I take her point on referral to the Department of Justice for repeat offenders. In that context, if there is a review of the scheme, that would be the appropriate place to discuss it to look at it in the round, in order that we have the full information on what the appropriate dissuasive penalty would be. I would be reluctant to say any more than that. Broadly speaking, it should be discussed in the context of a review.

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