Circulars & policy
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Department circulars and Government policy affecting the fire service.
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Keeping Communities Safe
Programme for Government 2025: Securing Ireland’s Future
The draft Programme for Government 2025.
The new Government’s plan for its term in office. Its Fire Services section commits to supporting the retained service so conditions are good enough to attract, recruit and keep Firefighters, and to keep investing in new and refurbished fire stations.
Circular LG(P) 05/2024: Compulsory retirement age of retained Firefighters
Raises the mandatory retirement age for retained Firefighters to 62.
Sets out the Government decision to raise the compulsory retirement age for retained Firefighters to 62, under regulations in force from 19 August 2024. Retained Firefighters can serve beyond 55 as long as they remain medically fit. The earlier interim arrangements close to new applicants.
S.I. No. 254 of 2013: Social Welfare Regulations for retained Firefighters
Regulations on claiming jobseeker’s payments while working as a retained Firefighter.
Amends the social welfare claims regulations so that working as a retained Firefighter does not count against a jobseeker’s benefit or allowance claim in the same way as other work. Signed into law on 10 July 2013.
