Bernard Allen
Ceist:123 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on the situation where a person (details supplied) in Cork, who is a civilian general operative at Haulbowline naval base, Cork, was refused his wish to resign on health grounds despite the fact that he is in receipt of an invalidity pension from the Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs on the grounds that he is permanently incapable of working; the way in which the chief medical officer can state that there are insufficient grounds to grant ill health retirement in this case; and the reason for the conflict of attitude between his Department and the Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs. [24388/99]