Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 144: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of instances identified by the Labour Inspectorate of employers denying workers their statutory holiday entitlements in 2005 and in each of the previous five years. [18897/06]

Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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The Organisation of Working Time Act makes provision for holiday entitlements in respect of most employees. Employees who have been denied their statutory holiday entitlement under the Act have a right of complaint to a Rights Commissioner. Holiday entitlements of employees in certain categories of employment are determined by the provisions contained in Employment Regulation Orders and Registered Employment Agreements, which are enforced by the Labour Inspectorate.

The number of instances identified by the Labour Inspectorate of employers in breach of public holiday and annual holiday provisions for the years 2003 to 2005 are set out in the following tabular statement. The statistics in respect of the years 2001 and 2002 are not available.