Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is a pertinent point given that local authorities are taking over the shareholding in a situation where the operation of the port is totally integrated, not the company, but the operation including the personnel. Presumably there is a transfer of undertakings arising so that employees will have to transfer. If there is a disparity of rates for people on the same grades, will that lead to a knock-on claim for differentials, be it going in one direction or the other? That strikes me as an issue that must have received serious consideration. Will the Minister please outline his opinion on that issue?