Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace inspections carried out by the Labour Inspectorate to date in 2008; the way this compares with the same period in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30930/08]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The number of employment rights inspections/visits/calls undertaken by the Inspection Services of the National Employment Rights Authority in 2008 to date is 21,711. During the same period in 2007 some 7,189 inspections/visits/calls were undertaken.

Of the 21,711 inspections/visits/calls to date in 2008, breaches were detected in 3,502 cases. In the same period in 2007 breaches were detected in 1,349 cases.

To date in 2008, €1.66 million in underpayments of wages due to employees has been recovered by NERA Inspection Services compared to €1.8 million for the corresponding period in 2007.

The outputs and outcomes to date in 2008 reflect both the more focussed and targeted activities being undertaken by NERA in relation to employment rights promotion and compliance and the increased number of NERA Inspectors.