Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 271: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of workers estimated to be employed at each of the various regulated wages, minimum wage, joint labour committees, regulation orders and so on; the number of cases of non-compliance identified by the National Employment Rights Authority; the number of workers involved; if he will indicate whether cases of non-compliance arose from inability to pay or merely a refusal to respect the provisions. [40732/10]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Reliable data on the number of workers that come within the scope of Employment Regulation Orders, Registered Employment Agreements and other regulated wages are not available.

The table provides details of the number of employers inspected under the REA, ERO and NMW provisions. It shows the total number of employers that were found to be in breach of these provisions. It shows a breakdown between non-monetary breaches and monetary breaches. Non-monetary breaches largely relate to record keeping. These figures relate to all of 2009 and up to 22nd October 2010 and refer to breaches in respect of The National Minimum Wage, Registered Employment Agreements, and Statutory Instruments (Employment Regulation Orders) that were detected by the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) in the course of inspections. The NERA Case Management System does not allow for the capture of details in relation to the numbers of workers involved, or the reasons why employers failed to comply with the respective provisions.