WRC had 'no jurisdiction' to rule on naval service age discrimination complaint

The LE Samuel Beckett. The Defence Forces is exempt in legislation from a complaint on age discrimination grounds, says the WRC. Picture: Larry Cummins

A man in his late 40s whose application to join the navy was not considered because of his age took an age discrimination complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) to make “a strong moral point”.

The WRC said however, that the Defence Forces is exempt in legislation from a complaint on age discrimination grounds and as a result, it had no jurisdiction to issue a ruling on the matter.