Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 150: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on the case of a person (details supplied). [8899/07]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The person referred to has been the subject of recent correspondence between his legal representatives and my Department. Defence Force Regulations provide that a man will automatically forfeit pay for every day during which he is either absent on desertion or absent without leave. This provision as regards forfeiture of pay is independent of any punishment that might be awarded from conviction for the offence of desertion or absence without leave under the Defence Acts 1954 to 2006