Mr. Feargal Ó Coigligh:

The 2013 legislation provides protections in respect of terms and conditions etc. for workers who are transferred across. The position of the unions is that they do not want the triggering of the requirement to transfer across, but the Act of 2013 does provide protections in respect of the terms and conditions for those staff who do transfer across. The unions have not asked for any additional protections. Their stance is that they do not want any mandatory triggering that could force someone to transfer across who does not want to do so.

It is a major challenge to ensure Irish Water has control of the service it is required to deliver. That is the big challenge facing us in the WRC.