Aidan Davitt (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I shall pick up where we were interrupted yesterday. I was delighted to second the motion, on behalf of the Fianna Fáil Party, on pay and conditions for councillors. Having come through the town and county council systems, no more than Senator Murnane O'Connor who spoke about the same issue, I am acutely aware of the distressing circumstances in which councillors find themselves. Fianna Fáil has put forward a level-headed motion that calls on the committee to engage with the Association of Irish Local Government, AILG, and the Local Authority Members Association, LAMA, and address the anomalies of PRSI contributions, maternity provisions and conditions. I was lucky to represent the AILG when this proposal was originally discussed last year and Senator Wilson-----