Report from the
Partnership Committee following its meeting held on Wednesday 13th
June 2005
Attendees:
| Management | Non-Union | Trade Unions |
| Mr M Flanagan | Dominic O’Keefe | Dr M Clarke (IFUT) |
| Ms P Corrigan | Mr A O’Connor (SIPTU) | |
| Mr J Colley (INPTU) | ||
| Ms B Moran (AMICUS-MSF) | ||
| Ms M Flynn (Chair) | ||
| Ms H Gallagher (SIPTU) | ||
| Absent: T Murtagh G Hayden P O’Reilly J Dunnion Dr P Ryan Ms B Molony Ms S McGrath |
Guests:
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Update
to Agenda
MF
informed the group that Donal McGowan was unable to attend the
meeting so there will be a presentation on the Energy Management
Programme at a later date.
The
Chair welcomed DOK as the new representative for non-union staff on
the Committee.
Minutes
of the Last Meeting
Pc
wish to record a correction to the Minutes of the last meeting as
she should have been
included on the list of those absent.
Matters
Arising
There
has been no response to the letter from the Chair to the PVG
concerning the verification process.. It was noted that since the
last meeting of the Committee, sanction had been obtained to pay the
next phase of parallel benchmarking to manual grades.
The
Revised Action Plan and Progress Report have been submitted to the
PVG and MF was hopeful that sanction would be obtained by June The
next Progress Report is due in September 2005.
Issues for the September
meeting
First
Aid
MF will ask Michael Rafter, UCD Safety Officer, to make a presentation at the next meeting, following a request from the Chair. The meeting was informed about an incident in the yard recently where first aid was required but none was available. It was noted that the Student Health Centre is not available to staff. DOK pointed out that the current ratio of health staff to patients is below recommended HEA levels. HG suggested that this is an issue for the Partnership Committee and it should be addressed soon.
Crèche
Facilities
The
Chair raised the issue of the crèche. DOK outlined issues
surrounding traffic and parking at thefactility. J Dunnion and B
Molony will be asked to update the group at the next meeting.
Science
Opening Hours
BM
asked that the committee look at the issue of flexi-hours in the
Science Building as a result of changes to opening hours and class
times. The Chair pointed out that there can be no change without
consultation and agreement.
Equality
Audit Report
It was agreed that members of staff, who do not have access to the web, should be sent a hard copy of the Equality Audit Report. MF suggested that these staff receive the summary initially and a full copy on request.
AOB
HG sought clarification on a letter sent to Personnel regarding ratification of the new Statute. There is concern that the changes conflict with the Universities Act. HG will contact Margaret Ramsay to discuss.
Next Meeting
TBA