DAA Refers Pension Discussions to LRC and Calls on SIPTU to Participate

The DAA has asked the LRC to facilitate ongoing discussions about a range of pension issues of concern to the DAA’s employees.

The LRC is expected to initiate such discussions in the next couple of weeks and the DAA is pleased to note that some unions have signalled they will participate.

The DAA calls on SIPTU, which has not yet responded to the company’s proposal to refer matters to the LRC, to participate in this process and to assure Dublin Airport’s customers that no form of industrial action will be contemplated until this process has concluded.

The DAA is committed to a positive and speedy solution to the pension issues raised by its employees.

To this end, the company initiated formal discussions with employee representatives last autumn and has stated that it is prepared to invest up to €30 million to secure an appropriate and equitable solution to the pension issues raised.

Trade union representatives acknowledged from the outset that any significant investment in new pension arrangements by the company would require agreed cost management measures in return.

In this context, the DAA strongly believes that any threat of industrial action at Dublin Airport is unwarranted and a source of needless concern to customers as we enter the busy holiday season.

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