Patrick Nulty (Dublin West, Independent)
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115. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspectors that are employed by the National Employment Rights Authority to carry out work place inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34051/13]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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NERA currently has in place a team of fifty six inspectors, including seven managers. Two of these inspectors are currently assigned to other duties and during the course of this year one inspector passed away, may she rest in peace. There are no inspectors currently in training. The moratorium on recruitment and promotions in the Public Service, introduced by the Minister for Finance on 27th March 2009, has had an impact on NERA in common with all other public bodies.