Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:27 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider readvertising the position of Refugee Commissioner without an age limit in view of comments in Dáil Éireann on 5 March 1998 regarding age limits in advertisements for public service jobs; if the State has entered a defence to the legal challenge to the Refugee Act, 1996 arising from the age bar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6702/98]