28.— (1) Save in accordance with a collective agreement negotiated with a recognised trade union or staff association, An tSeirbhís shall accept into its employment on the establishment day each person who immediately before that day was a member of the staff of the dissolved body on such terms and conditions of service relating to remuneration as are not less favourable than the terms and conditions of service relating to remuneration to which the person was subject immediately before that day.

(2) The terms and conditions to which a person is subject upon his or her becoming a member of the staff of An tSeirbhís in accordance with subsection (1) shall be deemed to have been determined by An tSeirbhís in accordance with subsection (2) of section 27.

(3) In relation to persons transferred to the staff of An tSeirbhís under subsection (1), previous service with the dissolved body shall be reckonable for the purposes of, but subject to any exceptions or exclusions in, the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2007, the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001, the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997, the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005 and the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007.