Written answers
Tuesday, 20 November 2007
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Departmental Bodies
8:00 pm
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 323: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average length of time a person is waiting for their case to be considered by the Employment Appeals Tribunal. [29911/07]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Employment Appeals Tribunal is an independent body under the aegis of my Department. I understand that the average waiting period from the time a case is notified to the Tribunal until it is heard in each county is:—
County | Weeks |
Cavan | 53 |
Carlow | 46 |
Clare | 19 |
Cork | 30 |
Donegal | 57 |
Dublin | 20 |
Galway | 57 |
Kerry | 55 |
Kildare | 51 |
Kilkenny | 60 |
Laois | 52 |
Leitrim | 61 |
Limerick | 69 |
Longford | 30 |
Louth | 45 |
Mayo | 63 |
Meath | 47 |
Monaghan | 39 |
Offaly | 29 |
Roscommon | 55 |
Sligo | 54 |
Tipperary | 54 |
Waterford | 42 |
Westmeath | 58 |
Wexford | 51 |
Wicklow | 63 |
While the average waiting period varies from county to county, I understand that the Tribunal is making every effort to reduce this waiting period, including undertaking a concerted programme of targeting areas where delays occur.
In "Towards 2016", the Government has committed to increasing the staffing resources of the employment rights bodies, including the Employment Appeals Tribunal. My Department has already increased the number of secretaries for Tribunal hearings and further staff will be assigned by the end of the year. These additional resources will be for hearings outside Dublin where the waiting times for cases to be heard is the longest.
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