Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Fine Gael and Labour Party Members on the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications agreed with the request for this issue to be returned to the committee, but they then capitulated on this issue when the Government ignored the committee.

Leaving that aside, what about the Aer Lingus workers who have been given no certainty in regard to compulsory redundancies or outsourcing? I asked the Taoiseach about this yesterday, but he has yet to answer the question. What about the widespread concerns about the further erosion of terms and conditions in the inevitable restructuring of the company? When the IAG took over Iberia Airlines, it cut 4,500 jobs. The trade unions at Aer Lingus envisage the loss of 2,500 jobs with this takeover. What about the 15,000 deferred pensioners who Government Deputies said would be factored into any Aer Lingus deal?

They have not been factored into any Aer Lingus deal.

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