Low pay and second jobs

Summary

McCartan argued that low pay drives members to take second jobs and asked for the regulations to be reviewed. The Minister said off-duty work has long been permitted as a right shared by the wider community.

Patrick McCartan Mr. McCartan Workers Party

Will the Minister accept that one of the primary reasons why members of the Defence Forces take second jobs is the low rate of pay——

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Seán Treacy An Ceann Comhairle Independent

The Deputy is injecting new matter into this question.

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Patrick McCartan Mr. McCartan Workers Party

——and that is a feature that clearly must impinge on the better interests of the force? Will the Minister indicate whether he is prepared to review the regulations to deal with the question in a more direct way?

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Seán Treacy An Ceann Comhairle Independent

It is a separate question.

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Michael J. Noonan Mr. Noonan Fianna Fáil

(Limerick West): It has been long-standing practice that men of the Defence Forces engage in part-time off-duty employment. In so doing they are availing of a right held by any member of the community on the basis outlined in my reply.

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