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Thursday, 23 July 2020

Department of Defence

Defence Forces Personnel

Photo of Seán CanneySeán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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148. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a person that is being discharged from the Army due to the fact they have diabetes and that has been deemed not of medical standard to serve in the Defence Forces is entitled to be given a medical discharge as opposed to an administrative discharge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17777/20]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Defence Force Regulations contain the provisions by which the discharge of a member of the Permanent Defence Force can be effected. Within those provisions, there are a number of factors which may determine that a member be discharged, including the individuals' own circumstances.

Where the request for discharge is not initiated by the individual, the process set out in Defence Forces Regulations further provides that the individual is made fully aware of the reasons for the proposed discharge.

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