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Dáil Éireann - Volume 181 - 12 May, 1960 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Pensioners of Córas Iompair Éireann. Mr. Sherwin Mr. Sherwin 12. Mr. Sherwin asked the Minister for Transport and Power whether in view of a statement by the Chairman of Córas Iompair Éireann to a deputation from the Company's pensioners seeking increases in their pensions that he was sympathetic to their claims but had no power to grant the request he will state if this is a matter for the Board of the Company or for the Minister. Minister for Transport and Power (Mr. Childers) Erskine Hamilton Childers Minister for Transport and Power (Mr. Childers): I am not aware that such a statement was made. 1259 [1259] Any question of increasing the pensions of C.I.E. pensioners would in the first instance be a matter for the Board of C.I.E. Mr. Sherwin Mr. Sherwin Mr. Sherwin: The Chairman said to the deputation that he was sympathetic but that he had no power to grant the pensioners' request. How can the Minister reconcile that statement with his own statement now? Did the Minister say the Board has power to grant increases? Mr. Childers Mr. Childers Mr. Childers: I have said I am not aware that the Chairman made such a statement. Mr. Sherwin Mr. Sherwin Mr. Sherwin: If the Minister became aware, would he use his good offices in this connection? Mr. Childers Mr. Childers Mr. Childers: I am prepared to believe that the Chairman made no such statement. Mr. Sherwin Mr. Sherwin Mr. Sherwin: Would the Minister be prepared to receive a deputation from the people concerned? Mr. Lindsay Mr. Lindsay Mr. Lindsay: Would the Minister say whether he said this was a matter for the Minister or for the company. Which did he say? Mr. Childers Mr. Childers Mr. Childers: I said that in the first instance it would be a matter for the Board of C.I.E. Mr. T. Lynch Mr. T. Lynch Mr. T. Lynch: I asked this question last week and the Minister was not here to answer it. Would the Minister tell me now: would he be prepared to provide the money or ask the Government to provide the moneys? An Ceann Comhairle Patrick (Clare) Hogan An Ceann Comhairle: That is an entirely different question. Mr. Childers Mr. Childers Mr. Childers: The moneys will be provided if there is an increase in emoluments. Those moneys would be provided by C.I.E. Mr. T. Lynch Mr. T. Lynch Mr. T. Lynch: Would the Minister be prepared to direct the attention of the Board of C.I.E. to the injustice under which these men are living? Mr. Childers Mr. Childers Mr. Childers: It is a matter for C.I.E. General Mulcahy General Mulcahy 1260 General Mulcahy: Do I understand from the Minister that C.I.E. have no [1260] less power in 1960 than they had in 1954 or in 1951? Mr. Childers Mr. Childers Mr. Childers: I would have to have a separate question on that in order to examine all the relevant sections of the Act. So far as I know the power remains the same. Mr. Sherwin Mr. Sherwin Mr. Sherwin: I shall ask a few more questions next week. Dáil Éireann 181 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. Pensioners of Córas Iompair Éireann. Questions 19600512
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