Firefighters report is to be debated

Friday 11th June 2010, 2:28PM BST.

THE Policy Council has sought to limit recommendations on corporate government made in the airport firefighters tribunal report.

The tribunal was set up to investigate the facts and circumstances leading up to and surrounding the industrial action, which closed the airport in May 2009.

It concluded: ‘The failure to deal with the underlying problem, which led to the industrial action by the firefighters, stems from the system of government which does not encourage either a corporate approach or collective responsibility.

‘In our view there was a systemic failure to act in a corporate and strategic manner.’