Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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912. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reviews and inspections that have been carried out in relation to employment practices in the English language teaching sector in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42333/25]

Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent statutory body under the aegis of my Department. The WRC’s primary functions include the inspection of employment law compliance, the provision of information on employment law, mediation, adjudication, conciliation, and advisory services.

The WRC does not compile statistics in relation to the number of complaints received specifically within the English language teaching sector annually. However, the WRC inspectorate had 128 cases within the overall Education sector during the period from 01/01/2020 to 30/06/2025. Inspection activity within this sector during this period resulted in the recovery of € €46,709.51 in unpaid wages to employees.

The WRC does not comment on inspections carried out by the inspectorate. Any WRC inspection activity which results in enforcement through the courts would be a matter of public record.

If an employee believes that their employer has breached any of the employment law statutes, then they may refer a complaint to the WRC. Complaints should be made using the online complaint form available on workplacerelations.ie.