Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I propose to let the infrastructure in the Defence Forces which exists to resolve issues such as this, and which has successfully resolved this issue in the past when there was a request by PDFORRA to do so, to finalise its work. It would be inappropriate for a Minister to wade in politically and tell people what the outcome should be. I would like to think our conciliation and arbitration systems in the Defence Forces can work here for PDFORRA and the Defence Forces generally. I understand PDFORRA's national conference will take place in several weeks' time and I will speak to them there. It is not appropriate for me to engage until we get an outcome from the conciliation process, which should happen in the coming weeks.

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