Róisín Shortall
Question:266. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the sum of unpaid wages recovered by the Workplace Relations Commission in 2017 by area and sector. [8594/18]
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The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC)’s aim is to achieve voluntary compliance with employment law through the provision of education and awareness, inspection of employers’ employment records and enforcement where necessary. While every effort is made to secure compliance, some employers either refuse or fail to rectify the breaches identified and/or pay money due to their employees. These cases are referred for prosecution.
Details of the amount of unpaid wages recovered by the WRC in 2017 by area and by sector are provided in the following table.
|
County |
Unpaid Wages Recovered |
Sector |
Unpaid Wages Recovered |
|
CARLOW |
80,048 |
AGRICULTURE |
56,229 |
|
CAVAN |
12,312 |
CONSTRUCTION |
44,497 |
|
CLARE |
45,800 |
CONTRACT CLEANING |
29,395 |
|
CORK |
23,256 |
DOMESTIC WORKER |
30,190 |
|
DONEGAL |
33,117 |
ELECTRICAL |
2,933 |
|
DUBLIN |
404,275 |
EQUINE |
7,759 |
|
GALWAY |
78,707 |
FISHERIES |
6,252 |
|
KERRY |
12,697 |
FOOD & DRINK |
444,634 |
|
KILDARE |
116,698 |
HAIR AND BEAUTY |
19,955 |
|
KILKENNY |
57,880 |
HEALTH NURSING AND CHILDCARE |
200,198 |
|
LAOIS |
7,150 |
HOTEL |
109,227 |
|
LEITRIM |
2,499 |
MANUFACTURING |
33,576 |
|
LIMERICK |
22,462 |
OTHER |
220,464 |
|
LONGFORD |
4,256 |
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES |
52,612 |
|
LOUTH |
49,637 |
SECURITY |
13,167 |
|
MAYO |
29,493 |
TRANSPORT |
164,680 |
|
MEATH |
69,326 |
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL |
333,718 |
|
MONAGHAN |
54,772 |
TOTAL |
1,769,484 |
|
OFFALY |
94,654 |
||
|
ROSCOMMON |
24,642 |
||
|
SLIGO |
2,805 |
||
|
TIPPERARY |
97,956 |
||
|
WATERFORD |
57,734 |
||
|
WESTMEATH |
84,046 |
||
|
WEXFORD |
197,317 |
||
|
WICKLOW |
105,946 |
||
|
TOTAL |
1,769,484 |