Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 November 2004
224 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Defence the position in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if it will be re-examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30683/04]
View answerThe military authorities advise that the individual in question has not been informed by the military authorities that he is to be discharged from the Permanent Defence Force in 2006 on completion of 12 years' service. The individual accepts that he was never so informed. The individual enlisted in the Permanent Defence Force after 1 January 1994. The conditions under which members of the Permanent Defence Force who enlisted after 1 January 1994 can be extended in service are prescribed by Defence Force Regulations A10. An individual enlists initially for five years. This period of enlistment can be extended to nine years and then to 12 years' service. These regulations also provide for the re-engagement of members of the Permanent Defence Force after 12 years' service to complete 21 years' service subject to fulfilling certain specific criteria.
