Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would appreciate if the Minister could ascertain which of us is right and which of us is wrong because my understanding, from talking with various representatives, is that the offer on the table is one to get independent advice from a company that CIÉ wishes the trade unions to use. That would not be independent advice, to my mind. The representatives of the pensioners wish to seek independent legal advice to be able to get their own legal opinion, which CIÉ would fund. On obtaining that independent legal advice, they then wish to have an independent body with the relevant expertise in pensions to adjudicate on behalf of both themselves and the CIÉ group. If that is something that is on offer today and that the Minister is confirming the CIÉ group has relayed to him, that would be a welcome development.

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