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Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Employment Appeals Tribunal.

Unfair dismissal appeals

Summary

A Deputy questioned whether unmeritorious unfair dismissal appeals burden the tribunal; the Minister agreed to consider the concern.

Are the appointments recently made ministerial appointments? I raised the matter of unfair dismissals in the House last year and I am greatful that the Minister put extra staff into that section. Does the Minister agree that many of the cases relating to unfair dismissals have no hope of succeeding and that the tribunal is being used just to get people off the backs of others? The statistics showing the amount of people who fail in their appeals raised the question why they were sent there in the first place. Could the Minister look into this area?

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I am prepared to look at the point which the Deputy has raised.

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