Seanad debates

Thursday, 26 February 2004

Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee Stage.

 

12:00 pm

Photo of Brian Lenihan JnrBrian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

It is a right to serve with the Garda Síochána on completion of training. I am not clear if it is written, but there have been numerous court decisions in this area. The position of a member of the Garda Síochána is more analogous, but not in all precise terms, to a person who is enlisted in the Defence Forces under the 1954 Defence Act. Where a person is attested in the Defence Forces he or she immediately becomes a member of the Defence Forces subject to full military discipline. The question of training is simply a part of the general aspect of military duties. Once a person commences training at Templemore he or she is subject to the full disciplinary rigour of being a member of the Garda Síochána. On satisfactory completion of the training course the person is assigned to a definite posting in the force.

I realise we are not meant to mention nurses, but the point made by Senator O'Toole——

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