Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

One issue that has arisen is security of employment. Where sub-offices have been established, the employees in the VECs are anxious to know if this is a short-term measure. When the time span of the Croke Park agreement is complete, will those employees be protected and remain in the newly established sub-offices? In some cases there is a large distance to be travelled to the newly reconfigured VEC. That is a cause of concern to employees at the moment.

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