John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)

Nobody is forcing public servants to stay in their positions if they do not want to do so. If one's objections to Government policy are sufficiently great that one cannot continue in one's position as a civil servant, one can retire from one's job and decide instead to try to change the policy. It is a reasonable situation. Any other provision would be unreasonable, unworkable and quickly lead to chaos in the system.