Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

If there is no time limit there should be one. It is ridiculous not to have a measure on these matters. The individual in question wants to go to Kilkenny and the battalion commander in Kilkenny says there is a place there for him. This guy is a qualified communications operator. Money has been invested in him by the State and he is an asset to the Defence Forces. He will have no choice but to quit because when he goes to Cork, he has to couch surf because he cannot afford to pay for accommodation. The Defence Forces will lose a good guy. He is a very good lad. The Minister of State mentioned rank and seniority but he knows of a lad junior to him who got a transfer to Collins Barracks. Will the Minister of State examine this more closely because fairness needs to be applied?

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