Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 29:

In page 25, to delete lines 5 to 10 and substitute the following:“(2) Save in accordance with a collective agreement negotiated with a recognised trade union or staff association by the local authority, and approved by the Minister after consultation with the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government and with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, a person referred to in subsection (1)shall be subject to such terms and conditions of service, including terms and conditions relating to remuneration, as are not less favourable than the terms and conditions of service, including terms and conditions relating to remuneration, to which the person was subject immediately before the coming into operation of this section.”.

These two amendments are technical amendments designed to ensure the subsections in question use language identical to that in other similar legislation. Amendments Nos. 29 and 30 relate to sections 30 and 31, respectively. These two sections relate to situations where employees of now dissolved port companies transfer into the employment of a relevant local authority. Any such transfer will ensure the protection of terms and conditions. Therefore I am introducing these two amendments to ensure the exact wording used in these two subsections mirrors that used in other recent legislation such as the Roads Act 2015.