Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Jim Dollard:

I will take parts of those questions and pass some of them to my colleagues. In terms of engaging with our staff, as I said earlier, there are about 80 staff employed between the two stations. We expect a significant number - a majority - will seek redeployment. We have a number of depots in the region and we expect to redeploy these highly skilled people if they opt for it. We will offer retraining and reskilling programmes. Some may opt for a severance programme that we will develop in the coming weeks and months, but I expect a majority to be reassigned in the broader ESB business. Having spoken to these people last week, the indication is that many will take that up and we will be glad to have them.

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