Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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312. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will publish data in respect of the number of mediation officers who are employed by the Equality Tribunal, along with data for the same period in 2014. [32808/15]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The Equality Tribunal is an impartial, independent body, set up to investigate and decide or mediate cases brought under the equality legislation. Its decisions and mediated agreements are legally binding, and it has extensive powers. The objective of the Tribunal’s Mediation Service is to provide an alternative dispute resolution process to that of Investigation in respect of claims for equal pay in employment and complaints of discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment and victimisation under the Employment Equality Acts, 1998 - 2011, the Equal Status Acts, 2000 - 2012, and the Pensions Acts 1990-2013.

There were 8 Equality Mediation Officers at the beginning of 2014 and 9 in 2015. This includes the Legal Adviser to the Equality Tribunal