716. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider proposing the extension of the mandatory retirement age for firefighters from 62 years-of-age to the State pension age of 66, in view of the enactment of the Employment (Restriction on Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Act 2025, which recognises that employees should not be required to retire before the State pension age where they are fit, capable and willing to continue working; if he accepts that the continued use of age as a proxy for occupational risk in the fire service is unnecessary, given that firefighters are already subject to robust and objective annual medical assessments, fitness testing and competency evaluations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30362/26]

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716. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider proposing the extension of the mandatory retirement age for firefighters from 62 years-of-age to the State pension age of 66, in view of the enactment of the Employment (Restriction on Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Act 2025, which recognises that employees should not be required to retire before the State pension age where they are fit, capable and willing to continue working; if he accepts that the continued use of age as a proxy for occupational risk in the fire service is unnecessary, given that firefighters are already subject to robust and objective annual medical assessments, fitness testing and competency evaluations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30362/26]

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