Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has already taken a number of steps to incrementally increase the retirement age for retained fire-fighters from 55 to 60, following engagements in the Labour Court and the Work Place Relations Commission.

The Government has recently approved an increase in the mandatory retirement age for other members of the uniformed services including An Garda Síochana, the Defence Forces and the Irish Prison Service. It is my intention to examine a similar extension to the mandatory retirement age for both full time and retained firefighters with a view to providing consistency in the uniformed services.