Pádraig Smith’s Payment of Wages complaint against The Commissioner of An Garda Síochána concerned his promotion to Executive Officer and salary-scale placement. The WRC found it was out of time and not well founded. Smith argued delayed vetting affected his promotion date and pay point; the Commissioner said he was correctly placed at the scale minimum. The complaint related to events in 2019 and was received in October 2024. No award was recorded.