Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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86. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on seafarer pay; the investigations her officials are undertaking on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30439/17]

Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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87. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on a recent circular (details supplied) that seafarers working in the Irish Sea are being paid £3.78 per hour; the investigations her officials are undertaking on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30440/17]

Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on pay rates paid by key operators on the Irish Sea in which a company (details supplied) is paying seafarers £3.47 per hour; the invigilation of these rates and regulations which is taking place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30441/17]

Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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89. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on pay rates paid by key operators on the Irish Sea in which a company (details supplied) is paying seafarers £5.55 per hour; the invigilation of these rates which is taking place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30442/17]

Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on pay rates paid by key operators on the Irish Sea in which a company (details supplied) is paying seafarers £3.78 per hour; the invigilation of these rates and regulations which is taking place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30443/17]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 86 to 90, inclusive, together.

The Inspection and Enforcement Services of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) monitor employment conditions to ensure compliance with and, where necessary, the enforcement of employment rights legislation. This includes redress for the employees concerned and payment of any unpaid wages arising from breaches of employment rights.

The Inspection Services have the power to carry out employment rights compliance inspections in relation to the following legislation:

Organisation of Working Time Act 1997

Payment of Wages Act 1991

Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act 1996

National Minimum Wage Act 2000

Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006

Redundancy Payments Acts 1967–2012

Employment Agency Act 1971

Industrial Relations Acts, 1946 to 2015

Carers Leave Act, 2001

Protection of Employment Act, 1977

Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) Acts, 1984 to 1991

Employment Permits Act 2003 to 2006

Workplace Relations Act, 2015

The WRC will investigate the information provided by the Deputy. However it should be noted that as a general rule the flag state (i.e. the state where the ship is registered) has the exclusive right to exercise legislative and enforcement jurisdiction over its ships on the high seas. If these vessels are not Irish flagged, the enforcement of terms and conditions of employment are then a matter for the flag state in accordance with international maritime law and practice.