Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I need to bring up an issue that relates to Dunleer fire station and John Molloy, who is the retained fire station officer and who is about to turn 60 on 24 May. The problem is that the legislation has not yet been amended to increase the mandatory retirement age from 60 to 62. I initially dealt with the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. It has now gone to the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform. I dealt with the former Minister, Deputy Donohoe, who said legislation is the only way of dealing with this. I brought it up previously with the former Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, who said we can surely find a solution. If Mr. Molloy is gone on 24 May, Dunleer fire station will not even be able to put a crew out. They are in a minimal crew of five, and the fire chief said that Mr. Molloy will be gone on that date unless something comes from Government to deal with this issue.

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