Day 167 - 02 Oct 95 - Page 13
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2 Q. Is that something that is obligatory? Do franchisees all
3 have to attend?
4 A. Franchisees do have to attend the full training course,
5 yes.
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7 Q. Right. That applies to the franchisees in Ireland as well,
8 does it not?
9 A. They run their own training courses over there and they
10 attend some in the UK.
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12 Q. In 1985 or in the late 1980s the Managers were trained in
13 the UK rather than having their -- did they have a separate
14 training facility in Ireland at that time?
15 A. They did not have a separate training facility.
16 Courses were held at the offices of a franchisee or they
17 attended courses in the UK.
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19 Q. So the same courses were run, some in the UK and some in
20 Ireland?
21 A. Not necessarily the same courses.
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23 Q. So some of the courses they had to come to the UK for?
24 A. Yes.
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26 Q. Right. That included the AOC course?
27 A. Yes.
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29 Q. Do you remember which other courses that included?
30 A. The franchisees would attend courses at Hamburger
31 University from Ireland.
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33 Q. What about the Managers that were working for the
34 franchisees?
35 A. They would have courses at this particular office in
36 Dublin.
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38 Q. Were these courses that were in Dublin run by the UK
39 Company?
40 A. Some were, some were not.
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42 Q. Who were the rest of them run by?
43 A. Area Supervisors in Ireland.
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45 Q. So from within the Irish Company itself?
46 A. That is right.
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48 Q. Were any of them run by the corporation, the US company?
49 A. The US?
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51 Q. Or the parent Company?
52 A. Not from the United States, no, not to my knowledge.
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54 Q. But there were some run by the UK Company?
55 A. That is right.
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57 Q. Do you know how long the situation had been going on for,
58 that Managers were coming over to the UK from Ireland for
59 the training on these courses?
60 A. I do not know specifically, no, but as long as they
