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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Paul Kehoe: ...Veronica Guerin, Pearse McAuley, Jeremiah Sheehy, Michael O'Neill, Kevin Walsh for the slaying of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe in 1996, Michael McKevitt for directing terrorism as leader of the Real IRA, brothers John and Wayne Dundon for murdering innocent men in Limerick and Thomas "Slab" Murphy who was jailed for 18 months for tax fraud. Mr. Murphy was later described by Deputy Mary...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019)

Paul Kehoe: ...on stream in 2019. Under subhead A4, payments to spouses of deceased veterans of the War of Independence, a saving of €21,000 arose. This is a consequence of the reducing number of widows of Old IRA veterans, with only 34 now in receipt of the pension. There is a saving of €150,000 in respect of compensation payments under subhead A5, which concern statutory lump sums for...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Service Medals (24 Jan 2019)

Paul Kehoe: ...Easter Rising and/or War of Independence, verified evidence of service was required before the award of a pension or medal was made. Such verification was provided by surviving members of the old IRA and other related organisations who knew of the membership and activities of the applicant. However, not every individual who was involved in Easter Week and/or the War of Independence made...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Commemorative Medals (26 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...involvement in the Easter Rising and/or War of Independence, verified evidence of service was required before the award of a pension or medal was made. Such verification was provided by surviving members of the old IRA and other related organisations who knew of the membership and activities of the applicant. However, not every individual who was involved in Easter Week and/or the War of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Medals (2 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...the Minister that they would have been awarded 1916 military service if they had applied under the Acts. In relation to the case in question, the board of assessors (comprised of senior old IRA officers and chaired by a judge) appointed under Section 3(1) of the Military Service Pensions Act 1924 (the 1924 Act), examined the application of the person in question for the purpose of making...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Medals (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...under the Military Service Pensions Act 1924, in relation to his service from 1 April 1916 to 30 June 1922. His application was assessed by the Board of Assessors (a Judge and two senior Old IRA officers) which was constituted under that Act to assess such applications and service. Although he had claimed for Easter 1916 service, the Board did not award him service for pension purposes...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: .... As a mark of the State’s appreciation, and given that this year is the 100th anniversary of the Easter 1916 Rising, I am pleased to tell the committee that these widows have received a special 50% boost in their monthly pensions, effective from 1 January 2016. There are no Old IRA veterans in receipt of pensions, given that the last such veteran died in 2006. I have broadly...

Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (Resumed). (9 Feb 2005)

Paul Kehoe: ...bad old days in Northern Ireland. However, I do not want to go back to the bad old days in Northern Ireland that my parents and some of my older colleagues remember. It is up to Sinn Féin and the IRA to ensure that we do not go back to the bad old days. I remember coming home from Mass on Good Friday 1998 and seeing the moving scenes on television of the Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern,...