Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----concerning the Military Medal of Gallantry and the Distinguished Service Medal, DSM. No individual recommends them. Rather, it is up to the medals board. This issue has been dealt with time and again. As I have often stated, if anyone has further information that I could give to military management, the medals board will consider it, but I cannot say who deserves a medal. It is for the board to do that, and the board has sat time and again - I am unsure of the exact dates as I do not have the file with me - to consider this. In light of the contribution that the personnel in question made in Jadotville, though, I wanted to recognise the group as a whole. That is one of the reasons I brought the motion to the Cabinet. The Government was good enough to support me in that.