Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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188. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Workplace Relations Commission staff employed in Cork city and county by role in March 2020 and to date, in tabular form. [37771/21]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent statutory office under the aegis of my Department, established on 1st October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015. The WRC’s primary functions include the inspection of employment law compliance, the provision of information on employment law, mediation, adjudication, conciliation, facilitation, and advisory services. The WRC is staffed by civil servants who are staff of the Department.

Table 1 sets out the number of WRC staff employed in Cork by role in March 2020 and to date. The Southern Region of the WRC based in Cork currently covers counties Cork and Kerry. A competition to fill the vacant HEO role has been completed by the Public Appointments Service (PAS) and it is expected that an appointment will be made shortly. A separate competition to fill the EO vacancies is ongoing with PAS.

Question - To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Employment the number of Workplace Relations Commission staff employed in Cork by role in March 2020 and to date in tabular form.