James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will take the next step forward and award individual decorations of honour to soldiers in recognition for their actions during the United Nations intervention in the Katanga conflict in Congo in view of the recent issuing of a unit citation to honour the collective actions of bravery of the men of A Company, 35th Infantry Battalion, UN service, of the Army ONUC contingent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39821/16]

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