Vol. 410 No. 1
27 Proinsias De Rossa asked the Minister for the Marine if he will outline the current position in relation to employment and normal working conditions for fishery board employees; whether he has satisfied himself with the current situation; if he will further outline the efforts which have been made to rectify any problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
The conditions of employment of staff in the central and regional fisheries boards is a matter in the first instance for the boards themselves. In accordance with the Fisheries Act 1980 the Central Fisheries Board are required, following consultations with each of the regional boards and with any recognised staff associations or trade unions concerned, to prepare and submit to the Minister a staff scheme or schemes providing for the regulation, control and management of the staff of the central and regional boards and indicating in respect of the staff the remuneration, tenure of office, qualifications for appointment and conditions of service.
Staff schemes have been approved for the majority of the staff in the boards and other are in the course of preparation.
