Noel Ahern
Question:137 Mr. N. Ahern asked the Minister for Defence the lessons learned from the statistics indicating that 27 members of the Defence Forces who received compensation for deafness claims were subsequently promoted with some showing the necessary improvement in their hearing for this promotion; the action or change in procedures which will be made; the way in which the standard of hearing had improved in five cases; his views on whether this puts doubt on the original measuring system; if applicants should not be kept in a quiet hospital environment for 48 hours before testing; the way in which people with a hearing problem were promoted; if the service does not need a high standard of hearing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25669/99]
