Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My question seeks to establish what sort of progress is being made in revising the 21-year rule as it applies to members of the Permanent Defence Force. I am aware that an adjudication is due on this matter on 30 January 2015. At the outset of the last Question Time at which this was discussed, we complimented the Minister on what he has done for the beef sector, but made the point that doing something about how the 21-year rule impacts on members of the Defence Forces is every bit as important to this sector of Irish society as the beef issue was to agriculture.

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