Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I wish to assure the Senator that a selection procedure has been carried out by the Public Appointments Service, PAS, in order to deliver high quality staff with a capacity to adjudicate. I assure the Senator that all successful applicants have been required to undergo an accredited adjudicator training programme which has been delivered by the National College of Ireland during the past three months. The training programme covered areas such as employment equality and industrial relations law as well as administrative law and human rights law, how to conduct an inquisitorial hearing and how to write comprehensive and reasoned decisions. The training programme has concluded and all the participants have undertaken an examination and assessment. Only those who successfully pass that assessment will be formally appointed as WRC adjudicators and assigned cases.

That deals with the concern raised by the Senator. All applicants have been through a rigorous training process.