WRC finds Geraldine Kinsella’s complaint against Dublin City Council misconceived

The Workplace Relations Commission found Geraldine Kinsella’s complaint against Dublin City Council misconceived. The decision, dated 11 October 2022, concerned an Employment Equality Act complaint about the Council’s alleged failure to implement an earlier WRC recommendation. Kinsella argued that the failure to implement the recommendation amounted to further discrimination or victimisation. The Council said the complaint was out of time and that the recommendation called for a review of the investigation process, rather than a re-examination of the original complaint. The adjudication officer found that the dispute concerned implementation of a recommendation under the Industrial Relations Act and should be dealt with through the appropriate industrial-relations mechanisms. The decision described the complaint as misconceived.