Defence Forces
Dail Éireann — 2023-03-23
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Sorca Clarke (SF), Longford-Westmeath

The WRC ruling was quite powerful. An unacceptable systemic failure was found. From what the Minister said, I believe he agrees with that ruling. Ms O'Rourke was awarded the maximum compensation plus interest by the WRC due to the extensive delay caused by the Minister for Defence objecting to her legal argument that EU law should apply and not withdrawing the objection until the eleventh hour. Will the Minister make a commitment to ensure these kinds of objections will be a thing of the past and not affect any other member of our Defence Forces? What occurred went on for seven years and the Department and Minister objected literally until the last moment.

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Sitting date: 2023-03-23