Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I absolutely agree with Dr. Bambrick. Even from the perspective of the rights of workers, as in the inspectors themselves, that level of workload has to lead to burnout. It is not the healthiest workplace to be in if you are constantly almost fire-fighting to get through the cases that are sitting in front of you. In the scenario where the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, is under resourced, there is the employee from among the general public who is not getting being heard in a timely manner but on the other side there are the employees of the WRC who are under an immense amount of pressure. That does not seem to be the right balance that we need to strike to ensure employment rights are upheld.