Claims to ‘mushroom’ as soldier wins working-time case

A landmark case won by the association representing the country’s frontline Defence Forces is expected to open the floodgates for further claims against the Department of Defence.

PDForra (Permanent Defence Forces Other Ranks Representative Association) took a case to the High Court over members of the Defence Forces being excluded from the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997.

The test case was finally settled last Thursday after negotiations between PDForra’s legal representatives and representatives of the Minister with Responsibility for Defence, Paul Kehoe.