Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

This is the third question being put to the Minister on the issue of the inadequate representation of members of the Defence Forces. The Minister of State's response to my two colleagues was to tell us of the lack of access for the Defence Forces to the industrial relations machinery. We do not want know what the present arrangement is. We want to know what the Minister of State has done to change it. His answers so far have been to shrug his shoulders and say it is grand because the conciliation and arbitration scheme exists, the Department of Justice and Equality is considering it and he will wait to see what it says. That is not good enough and the Minister of State might want to add a bit to his answer.

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