Gabrielle McFadden (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It feels as if I raise the issue of Defence Forces pay and conditions almost weekly. This issue has gone on for far too long and needs to be addressed immediately. I call on the Public Service Pay Commission to publish its recommendations without further delay. Soldiers get up early in the morning and do a long day's work. They deserve a fair day's pay for a fair day's work, as do nurses and town and county councillors. I have had enough of raising this issue and getting nowhere. I ask the Leader to use his good offices to ask the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, and Taoiseach for their support and request the immediate publication of the Public Service Pay Commission's report.