Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 November 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Irish Coast Guard: Discussion

Mr. Eugene Clonan:

We considered that option. When a person goes through a disciplinary procedure, he or she goes through an appeals process, which again is internal. If an employee is not satisfied with the appeals process, he or she has other ways of appealing through the labour court, for example, but volunteers do not have that route. I have looked at that with my HR hat on. The question is whether the HR company can provide that route in an independent, confidential way. I did not talk to all the volunteers about this, but the view is that it was not a sufficiently independent process. I agree with what has been said.

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