Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister will be aware of the alarming reports from the PDFORRA annual conference of members of the Defence Forces sleeping in cars. I acknowledge he dealt with this issue at the last Question Time but I also refer to the pay issue, whereby 20% of the membership of the Defence Forces is in receipt of family income supplement. Has the Minister met representatives of PDFORRA since he took up office? Does he plan to meet its representatives? I appreciate this would not be a direct negotiation on wages as there is an appropriate vehicle for so doing but is this something the Minister plans to do? In addition, the Reserve Defence Force-----