Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Irish Coast Guard: Discussion

Mr. Vincent Farr:

The Chair's question was how many would we know. We would know of at least a dozen dismissals. The question that should be asked is how much it has spent on HR companies outside of its own HR department on these dismissals. What happens is management demonstrates a typical disregard to the volunteers and wears them down. It drags them through the courts or coals day in, day out, with emails that they have to respond to in a timely manner. These timely manners could be a five-day interval and it wants an answer. Typically, that request comes in at a Friday evening and they are to answer by the following Wednesday. A volunteer could be working or have family commitments. However, management wants an instant answer.

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