The Transport Minister's asked Bus Éireann management and Trade Unions to engage in talks "with a blank sheet of paper".
The Transport Minister's asked Bus Éireann management and Trade Unions to engage in talks "with a blank sheet of paper".
But Shane Ross has again warned he is not getting involved in talks with a cheque book.
The Transport Minister has repeatedly insisted he can't and won't directly intervene on what he says in an industrial relations situation in Bus Éireann.
Shane Ross also says it's not his job to micro-manage such companies. And he says he doesn't have money to bail out Bus Éireann.
Trade Unions are refusing to enter talks with pre-conditions and say a letter to staff from the company outlining proposed cost savings, including from wages amounts to that.
Meanwhile Bus Éireann management told another Oireachtas Committee it would be reckless not to implement cost saving and avoid the company becoming insolvent.
