Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 22 Mar 1994

Vol. 440 No. 4

Written Answers. - Defence Forces Personnel.

Noel Ahern

Question:

102 Mr. N. Ahern asked the Minister for Finance the reason he continues to discriminate against members of the Defence Forces working under his control in the Ordnance Survey office who are being discriminated against and penalised for volunteering to serve as United Nations personnel overseas; and if he will ensure that all Defence Force members can return to their original jobs after their tour of duty abroad.

Minister for Finance (Mr. B. Ahern)

To date, all members of the Army Survey company who have volunteered for and been selected to serve on United Nations missions abroad, have been accommodated within the Ordnance Survey on their return.

It is not always possible, for operational reasons, to assign these personnel to the particular jobs which they left some months earlier.