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

I raised previously the case of a fire station officer from Dunleer, John Molloy. The Taoiseach's office has responded to me about it. At the end of the day, the difficulty is that Mr. Molloy will turn 60 on 24 May. He is the fifth man in the minimum crew of five. Not only would we lose him with no one to replace him, we could also have an issue with the fire station. The Taoiseach said I would get an answer from the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform but we need some kind of interim fix if we will not have an answer from the Department quickly enough. A circular could be issued by office of the Minister for housing, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, as happened before. We need to find some kind of solution to allow John Molloy to keep operating and Dunleer fire station to stay open.

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