Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 372: To ask the Minister for Defence the various types of medals that are issued by his Department to members or former members of the Defence Forces; if consideration has been given to the issuing of service medals to the soldiers of the former national Army of Saorstát Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33550/05]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The following tables list the medals issued by my Department.

Medals Issued for Service before 1924

1916 Medal

Service Medal (War of Independence)

Commemoration Medals (1966) Anniversary of Easter Rising

Commemoration Medals (1967) Anniversary of the War of Independence / Truce

Medals Issue for Service after 31 July1924

Emergency Service Medal

Good Conduct Medal

Service Medal

Military Medal For Gallantry

Distinguished Service Medal

Service Medal (Reserve Defence Force)

UN Peacekeepers Medal

Military Star

No medals have ever been struck for personnel who had military service in the National Army.

Given the unreliability of the records for that period, assessing individual eligibility would now be very problematical.