Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act, 2001

Staff of Agency.

24.—(1) The Agency may appoint such and such number of persons to be members of the staff of the Agency as it may determine.

(2) A member of the staff of the Agency shall—

(a) be paid out of moneys at the disposal of the Agency, such remuneration and allowances for expenses incurred by him or her as the Agency may determine, and

(b) hold his or her office or employment for such term upon and subject to such other conditions (including terms and conditions relating to remuneration) as may be determined by the Agency.

(3) The Agency may at any time remove any member of the staff of the Agency from being a member of its staff where that person fails to perform his or her functions satisfactorily.

(4) Every person designated by the Minister who, immediately before the establishment day, is a member of the staff of the Light Rail Project Office of CIÉ shall, on that day, be transferred to and become a member of the staff of the Agency.

(5) Save in accordance with a collective agreement negotiated with any recognised trade unions or staff associations concerned, a person referred to in subsection (4) shall not, while in the service of the Agency, receive a lesser scale of pay or be made subject to less beneficial terms and conditions of service (including those relating to tenure of office) than the scale of pay to which he or she was entitled and the terms and conditions of service (including conditions relating to tenure of office) to which he or she was subject immediately before the establishment day.