Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There will be occasions even when Departments take that approach and there can be good reasons in individual circumstances. The Deputy will know that decisions are not binding. Some countries have binding decisions where they are binding on the union and the employer but it does not work like that in our system. As the Deputy will know, unions very often do not accept a recommendation from the WRC so this works both ways.