Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 February 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Bus Éireann: Discussion

1:30 pm

Mr. Greg Ennis:

What I said was that it is an ingredient because the sectoral employment order does not just deal with pay, it will also deal with sick pay and pensions. When that is all rolled into a private operator's costs, it would definitely make Bus Éireann more competitive, if those private operators were organised in trade unions with reasonable terms and conditions. We are talking about reasonable terms and conditions.