Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 July 2024
266. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of times an organisation (details supplied) has been in the Labour Court to settle disputes with staff groups since 2015; and the amount of time the Labour Court has dedicated to the organisation's disputes with its various staff groups, per year, since 2015, in tabular form. [29217/24]
View answerThe Labour Court is an independent statutory office under the aegis of my Department. The Court was first established under the Industrial Relations Act, 1946. Since the enactment of the Workplace Relations Act 2015, the Labour Court holds sole appellate jurisdiction in all disputes arising under employment rights enactments. This sole appellate role is in addition to those functions held by the Court under the Industrial Relations Acts prior to the enactment of the Workplace Relations Act 2015.
The Labour Court provides a confidential service to parties engaged in trade disputes and therefore does not detail its work with individual parties in the provision of that service.
I understand that where the Court makes a recommendation in a trade dispute, that recommendation is available on the website of the Court.
