Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 December 2025
409. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of WTE inspectors by grade working within the workplace relations commission in each of the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [72172/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent, statutory body under the aegis of my Department, established on 1st October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015. The WRC’s primary functions include the inspection of employment law compliance, the provision of information on employment law, mediation, adjudication, conciliation, facilitation, and advisory services. WRC inspectors carry out inspections of employer records with a view to determining compliance with employment rights legislation.
The table below sets out the number of WTE inspectors, by grade, working in the WRC in 2024 and to date in 2025. There is an ongoing recruitment campaign in place through Publicjobs to hire additional inspectors and we expect to make more assignments in early 2026:
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2024 |
2025 |
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Labour Inspector (Executive Officer) |
47 |
53 |
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Inspector Team Manager (Higher Executive Officer |
7 |
6 |
