Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 June 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Current Progress and Future Projections of Uisce Éireann Objectives: Uisce Éireann

Ms Margaret Attridge:

I will answer on the transformation programme. In recent months, we have had an extensive programme of roadshows and round table sessions with the various teams across all the local authorities. We are nearly finished. I think the last roadshows will take place this week. There has been good engagement. In Uisce Éireann, the asset operations team comprises approximately 3,000 people. Some 500 of those are Uisce Éireann staff and 2,500 are local authority staff. Of those 2,500, 1,500 have turned up and engaged with us at the round table sessions and 1,300 of them had one-to-one conversations with us to understand what it means for them to transfer to Uisce Éireann. That will allow them to make the decision. Of those 1,300 who had one-to-one meetings, 1,000 have expressed an interest in transferring to Uisce Éireann. We are going through the process of engaging with the HR sections of the local authorities to get information about those employees' terms and conditions so we can put them on paper for those employees.