Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 July 2013
115. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspectors that are employed by the National Employment Rights Authority to carry out workplace inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34051/13]
View answerNERA currently has in place a team of fifty six inspectors, including seven managers. Two of these inspectors are currently assigned to other duties and during the course of this year one inspector passed away, may she rest in peace. There are no inspectors currently in training. The moratorium on recruitment and promotions in the Public Service, introduced by the Minister for Finance on 27th March 2009, has had an impact on NERA in common with all other public bodies.
