Army holidays in court test case

Three test cases are being brought before the High Court in an attempt to force the Government to ensure that people serving in the Defence Forces can carry over all their annual leave entitlements from one year to the next.

Currently, Defence Force regulations only provide for enlisted members to carry over 19 days’ leave, regardless of circumstances.

PDforra, the organisation which represents 7,500 enlisted men in the army, air corps and naval service, said the regulations are very unfair because the nature of military service is distinctly different from the majority of other jobs in the public service.