Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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790. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the adjudications and the findings of the Workplace Relations Commission in respect of public bodies in each of the years 2015 to 2016 and to date in 2017 that have not been accepted by her Department having consulted with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; the numbers involved and the reasons for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18739/17]

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) was established on 1 October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015 and has responsibility for information provision, workplace advice, mediation, conciliation, adjudication, inspection and enforcement in relation to employment rights, equality and equal status matters and industrial relations.  At that time, the WRC assumed the roles and functions previously carried out by the Labour Relations Commission (LRC), Rights Commissioner Service (RCS), Equality Tribunal (ET), the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) and the first instance (Complaints and Referrals) functions of the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT).

Section 41 (13) of the Workplace Relations Act states that proceedings before an adjudication officer shall be conducted otherwise than in public. Section 41(14) states that the Commission shall publish on the internet in such form and in such manner as it considers appropriate every decision (other than information that would identify the parties in relation to whom the decision was made) of an adjudication officer under this section.

Notwithstanding the foregoing I can confirm that there are no adjudications or findings of the Workplace Relations Commission during the period in question that have not been accepted by my Department.

In relation to the Agencies which are under the aegis of my Department this is generally an operational or day-to-day matter for the Agencies.  In that regard, it has not been possible in the time available for my officials to compile all of the information requested by the Deputy.  Once the available information is collated, I will arrange for it to be conveyed to the Deputy.