Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 348: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is legislation pending that would allow unions to check employers to ascertain if they are paying union rates, complementing the spot checks that are currently carried out by his Department. [8780/08]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The National Employment Rights Authority has been set up on an interim basis with the full powers of the State's labour inspectorate, pending enactment of legislation later this year to place it on a statutory footing. NERA's role includes checking that employers are applying appropriate rates of pay to employees and that employers are providing other entitlements, as appropriate.

Towards 2016 contains certain commitments in relation to arrangements which exist in the electrical contracting sector relating to compliance with the Registered Employment Agreement and which pre-date the establishment of NERA. These arrangements are being examined with a view to establishing how they can be dealt with as a specific issue in the context of the new statutory framework that will be put in place.