asked the Minister for Labour in respect of the number of disputes referred to the Labour Court under section 19 of the Employment Equality Act, 1977, in the period 1978 to 1987, the number of instances occurring each year in which the complainant indicated that he or she had used the form prescribed in regulations made under section 28 of the Act; and the number of instances in which respondents had failed to complete the form or to return it within the specified time limit.
Written Answers. - Employment Equality Act.
190.
Disputes under section 19 of the Employment Equality Act, 1977 are normally referred by the Labour Court to the equality officer service for investigation and the issue of recommendations. The following is a table of recommendations issued during the period 1978 to 1987 giving details of the occasions on which the complainant indicated that the forms prescribed under section 28 were used.
|
Year |
Number of Recommendations issued on disputes under Section 19 |
Number of Recommendations in which Section 28 forms were used |
|
1978 |
5 |
3 |
|
1979 |
14 |
11 |
|
1980 |
14 |
10 |
|
1981 |
19 |
17 |
|
1982 |
12 |
12 |
|
1983 |
20 |
20 |
|
1984 |
25 |
22 |
|
1985 |
17 |
14 |
|
1986 |
7 |
4 |
|
1987 |
11 |
8 |
With regard to the Deputy's question on the number of instances in which respondents failed to complete the relevant form or return it within the time limit, this information is not specifically recorded by the equality officer service and is not available.