Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 July 2024
129. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of individuals dismissed from the Defences Forces owing to court sentences received by them, over the past ten years. [27818/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Defence Act 1954 provides for the dismissal or discharge of members of the Permanent Defence Forces for prescribed reasons. In addition, Section 50 of the Defence Act provides for the dismissal of Officers by the President for prescribed reasons which are set down in Defence Forces Regulations (DFR) A.15.
Enlisted personnel of the Permanent Defence Forces may be discharged for any one of the twenty-six reasons identified in Defence Forces Regulations, DFR A.10 including under Para 58 (m), ‘a result of conviction by the Civil Power’.
I am advised that eighteen members of the Permanent Defence Forces have been discharged under the provisions of DFR A.10 Para. 58 (m) over the last ten years.
