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

Photo of Paul MurphyPaul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

Okay. I have a few more questions. One is about resourcing. Famously, I think it was former Deputy Joe Higgins who made the point about how there were more dog wardens than labour inspectors in the State. Would Mr. Kelly consider the number of labour inspectors to still be considerably less than what we need? Finally, I assume he is aware of the allegations made by George McLoughlin, who was a former inspector for the National Employment Rights Authority, NERA, the forerunner and predecessor of the WRC, who has made two protected disclosures. I have spoken to him and he makes a credible case of repeated failures to have proper inspections take place, including into the fishing industry, as well as tipping off of employers, not having unannounced inspections and so on. Would Mr. Kelly like to respond to any of that?

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