... question now becomes: does the employee's administrative leave constitute disciplinary action? In answering this the distinction between a holding suspension and a punitive suspension is important. Barr J. outlines this distinction in Quirke v Bord Luthchleas na hEireann as follows: "[S]uspension may take two different forms. On the one hand, it may be imposed as a holding operation pending the investigation of a complaint. Such a suspension does ... ...

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