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23/01/2012
Union Welcomes Disabled Facility Deal
Worker's Uinon Siptu has welcomed an agreement with the Department of Social Protection to prevent the closure of an award-winning disabled facility in County Wicklow.
The deal was reached n the future of the National Disabled Angling Facility in Aughrim, on Friday, which will see all 23 jobs retained at the facility run by "Aughrim Tidy Towns Ltd", a not-for-profit company that sponsors a Community Employment (CE) scheme.
“It is great news that an agreement has been reached between SIPTU and Department of Social Protection officials which will see this vital facility funded until a national review of CE schemes is completed in late March,” said SIPTU Community Sector Organiser, Eddie Mullins.
“This agreement follows a meeting last week between Minster for Social Protection Joan Burton and a high level Congress delegation, which included General Secretary David Begg and SIPTU General President Jack O’Connor.”
“At that meeting the Minister gave a commitment that no project would close prior to the completion of a review of all CE schemes. I would reiterate the advice following that meeting that any scheme which is in financial difficulty should immediately contact its union representative so discussions can be initiated with the relevant government officials,” Eddie Mullins added.
(DW)
The deal was reached n the future of the National Disabled Angling Facility in Aughrim, on Friday, which will see all 23 jobs retained at the facility run by "Aughrim Tidy Towns Ltd", a not-for-profit company that sponsors a Community Employment (CE) scheme.
“It is great news that an agreement has been reached between SIPTU and Department of Social Protection officials which will see this vital facility funded until a national review of CE schemes is completed in late March,” said SIPTU Community Sector Organiser, Eddie Mullins.
“This agreement follows a meeting last week between Minster for Social Protection Joan Burton and a high level Congress delegation, which included General Secretary David Begg and SIPTU General President Jack O’Connor.”
“At that meeting the Minister gave a commitment that no project would close prior to the completion of a review of all CE schemes. I would reiterate the advice following that meeting that any scheme which is in financial difficulty should immediately contact its union representative so discussions can be initiated with the relevant government officials,” Eddie Mullins added.
(DW)
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