Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 7 February 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Proposed Acquisition of Celtic Media by Independent News & Media plc: Discussion
12:00 pm
Mr. Robert Pitt:
On the terms and conditions, we are guaranteeing all the rights of all the employees who are coming in. We will stand over the conditions they currently have. On certain issues, we have improved the conditions of employees in Independent News and Media. There was a pay rise for employees last year, we have invested in training and we have the only Press Association accredited graduate programme for journalists. We have put an investment fund into university for people as well. I think we can be quite proud of that.