Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

They do acknowledge the WRC. My issue is not about whether the recommendation is accepted. My issue is about whether organisations will actually go into the WRC and engage in the process. That is the difficulty very often even when a case does not reach the stage of a recommendation being issued. This matter comes under the remit of the Minister, he has direct responsibility for the WRC and he sits at the Cabinet table where State-funded organisations, funded by other Departments, wilfully ignore the recommendations. Such a situation is acceptable or sustainable. Therefore, we need some strong action from the Minister, as the person responsible for the WRC, and collectively as a Government to say that this is not on. That should be done. It is not enough for the Minister to say that he wishes that they would engage. They are not engaging and that is a simple fact today.