Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 April 2016
168. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will receive an appointment for a hearing at the Workplace Relations Commission. [7155/16]
View answerI interpret the Deputy’s question as enquiring as to a date for a Hearing by an Adjudicator of the newly established Workplace Relations Commission.
With effect from 1 October 2015, the activities of the Labour Relations Commission, the National Employment Rights Authority, the Equality Tribunal and the first instance functions of the Employment Appeals Tribunal and the Labour Court were merged into a new Body of First Instance, known as the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). From 1 October 2015, all complaints fall to be referred to the Workplace Relations Commission in the first instance, and, on appeal, to the Labour Court.
The WRC’s core services include the provision of early resolution, mediation, conciliation, facilitation and advisory services, adjudication on employment and equality complaints, the monitoring of employment conditions to ensure the compliance and enforcement of employment rights legislation, the provision of information, and the processing of employment agency and protection of young persons (employment) licences.
The WRC is independent in the exercise of its quasi-judicial function and I have no direct involvement in its day to day operations.
The Commission’s objective is to have the vast majority of Hearings held within 3 months of date of receipt of complaint and I understand a hearing has been scheduled in this case.
Question No. 169 answered with Question No. 162.
