Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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215. To ask the Minister for Defence why members of the Reserve Defence Forces are not receiving 1916 Centenary service medals, which honour is being restricted to the members of the permanent Defence Forces. [4737/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The State is undertaking a comprehensive programme of commemorations during 2016 which commenced on New Year’s Day in Dublin Castle. All elements of the Defence Forces will play a very central and important role in many of the historic commemorative events that will take place during 2016. The question of issuing a medal to commemorate the centenary is being considered in the context of further initiatives that may be introduced as part of the 2016 Commemorations. At this time, however, no decision has been made to issue a medal or the terms on which such a medal might issue.