Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will put my hands up for what happened in the past if the Deputy wants me to. I am quite happy to do so. I am not happy with what has been happening here. It is quite obvious that it is unacceptable. What happened has been remedied in that new chief executives now get a single fixed term of anywhere between five and seven years. We have to rely on the findings of the courts, which we have done, the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC or the Labour Court. Virtually every time a chief executive officer, CEO, took a case it was found in their favour and they were awarded contracts of indefinite duration which they were given if objective grounds had not been given to them for getting a full-time contract. They seem to have won. That is in the past. That is not acceptable. We did run ourselves into a lot of trouble as a result. There are many cases which the Deputy has pointed out. I think she will find this is now being resolved satisfactorily and if not I will move on it.

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