Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would not advise that.

Senator Gallagher raised the matter of the Defence Forces receiving the medal of honour in recognition of their role in 2016. I had the pleasure and privilege of attending the flag-raising ceremony yesterday in City Hall in Cork, in which the flag was flown to end the year of commemorative activity. I thank the men and women of our Defence Forces who brought great colour, dignity, decorum and pageantry to the ceremonies. One of the highlights of the 1916 commemoration for the students in schools was the member of the Defence Forces coming to the school with the flag and the ceremony around that. I thought it was a tremendous idea.