Minutes of the Partnership Committee Meeting held on Thursday 17^th November 2005 Room 130, Library

Attendees:

Management	Non-Union	Trade Unions
Mr M Flanagan	Ms B Molony	Mr G Hayden (Amicus- MSF)
Ms S McGrath		Mr Joe Colley (INPTU)
		Mr Tommy Murtagh (SIPTU)
		Mr John Dunnion (IFUT)
		Dr Paul Ryan (IFUT)
		Dr Marie Clarke (IFUT)
		Mr Arthur O’Connor (SIPTU)
		Mr Tony Boucher (TEEU)
		Ms Bredagh Moran (AMICUS-MSF
		Ms Mary Flynn (Chair)
		Ms Helen Gallagher (SIPTU)
Absent
Ms P Corrigan
Mr D O’Keeffe
Mr P O’Reilly (Amicus- MSF)

1 Minutes of the Last Meeting

The minutes were agreed

2 Matters Arising

Update on Sustaining Progress. Payment of the next round was sanctioned and is effective from the 1^st December 2005

Ms Mary Flynn invited everyone to the Annual Partnership
Christmas Dinner Tuesday 13^th December 2005. Those attending
were to let Michael Flanagan know.

3 Health and Safety at Work Act, 2005

Michael Rafter delivered a short presentation on new Act.

4 Crèche

Bronwyn Molony reported on the Creche in Belfield. Professor Mary Clayton, VP for Student Affairs has stated the Crèche has a capacity for up to 65 places. The issue has been with the baby room. The University has done some work replacing the flooring of the existing Crèche. The contract for the current Crèche will not be renewed from May 2006. One million euro funding is available for the establishment of a second facility, provided that is non-profit making. Currently the existing Crèche is the dearest among the seven universities. UCD would like to maintain continuity and one company to manage both Crèches. Staff at the Crèche are not employed by the University. Professor Clayton met with parents of crèche 2 weeks ago. The Creche building will be maintained for use by the new contractor

4 AOB

            The issue of redundancies in the Main Restaurant was raised
             Michael Flanagan stated that this was an industrial relations matter
          He said that the redundancies were sought on a voluntary basis
          on terms and conditions of which were agreed at the LRC. It is not
          envisaged that further redundancies will occur.

The library partnership committee requested that the point be raised for staff doctor to be available at Belfield with health checks to be run on campus. Michael Flanagan agreed to raise this with Michael Rafter and report back to the committee

There was dissatisfaction expressed about access to the benefit of Income Protection Insurance and issue of applicants. Tommy Murtagh suggested that a representative from Irish Life address the issues with members of the Committee. Michael Flanagan agreed to contact the insurance company.

Date of next Meeting to be arranged