WRC rejects Ronan Herlihy’s redundancy claim against Houses of the Oireachtas

The Workplace Relations Commission rejected Ronan Herlihy’s statutory redundancy complaint against the Houses Of The Oireachtas, finding the named respondent was not his employer. Adjudication Officer Pat Brady’s decision was dated 27 February 2026. Herlihy said his fixed-term Parliamentary Assistant contract ended without renewal and argued the ending was not voluntary. The respondent said he was employed by the Dáil member he served and that payroll was administered by the Houses. The WRC found payroll administration alone did not make the Houses his employer. He had received a severance payment of €17,832.11; the decision recorded no statutory redundancy award.