Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We stand united, irrespective of our denomination or hue, on the importance of the role of the councillor in local government. That is why the Minister of State with responsibility for local government, Deputy Phelan, has commissioned the Moorhead report and I am sure there will be a recommendation attached to it. It is important that we pay local government representatives properly and fairly. I have always made that view quite clear. I am sure that will happen.