Call to relax labour law inspections

A CALL by Fianna Fáil TD Frank Fahy for a relaxation of labour law inspections has been condemned as raising questions about the Government’s commitment to workers’ rights and fairness.

The Galway West TD called for the budget of the National Employment Rights Agency (NERA), whose inspectors enforce labour legalisation, to be cut “in light of the financial constraints facing the Government departments right now”.

He added that it was his view that the agency should “be amalgamated with one of the other regulatory organisations in the near future”.