Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 February 2022

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised)

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

The Chairman can be sure of that. The vast majority of employers are good and treat their staff well. I know he will agree with that. The fact that one third of inspections throw up an issue does not mean that one third of businesses mistreat their workers because the WRC responds to complaints and targets businesses and sectors where it thinks there could be abuse. It is still a lot and it is positive that this year we will have ten additional inspectors. Hopefully that will allow more work to be done and more rights to be vindicated.

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