Seán Crowe
Question:448 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the implications for public transport workers in Dublin Bus who hold letters of comfort in the planned break-up of CIE and part privatisation of Dublin Bus. [8891/04]
View answerTuesday, 23 March 2004
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My legal advice is that the letters do no more than convey to employees serving at that time the contents of section 14(7) of the Transport (Reorganisation of Córas Iompair Éireann) Act 1986. That subsection specifies that, in the event of any of the subsidiary companies being wound up, its functions and employees would revert to CIE. Since it is not proposed to wind up any of the operating subsidiary companies, the circumstances provided for in section 14(7) of the 1986 Act do not arise.