Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

We are hopeful that discussions with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions at a central level will help resolve these matters, rather than dealing with individual State agencies and unions that represent individual groups of staff.

It is important to understand the process in place to manage the issue of staff remaining in Dublin. Staff will come on stream in Dublin on a phased basis as their organisations progress through their timeframe for relocation. This phasing allows for the absorption of Dublin staff into vacant posts to be managed over the full transitional phase of the programme.

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