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Advisor should only get ex-gratia payment if MEP loses their seat, WRC finds
2026-03-13
Hearing Or Decision
Summary
A Workplace Relations Commission adjudicator recommended that an anonymised parliamentary advisor's enhanced redundancy payment be frozen after the advisor moved with an Irish politician to another parliament. The non-binding recommendation says the payment should become payable if the politician loses their seat, subject to the stated conditions.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Advisor should only get ex-gratia payment if MEP loses their seat, WRC finds. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- March 2025 Other
- 2026-03-13 Publication
Why: Peter Glynn of Siptu, appearing for the special advisor, argued the worker "should not be treated less favourably solely because the member of parliament they advised was elected to alternative public office". CNI source report
Places mentioned
- Leinster House
Topics
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