Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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1219. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason an application for the Naval Service was refused for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10486/16]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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In order to be enlisted as a General Service Recruit, applicants are required to pass all stages of the recruitment process. This includes Physical Fitness Test, Psychometric Test, Interview, Medical Examination and Security Clearance. In relation to this particular case, the Military Authorities have advised that the individual referred to did not satisfy the requirements for enlistment in the Permanent Defence Force.

I am unable to comment any further on this matter, as it is the policy of the Department of Defence to treat all applications for enlistment in the Defence Forces as strictly private and confidential. However, the individual concerned may apply for feedback.

Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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1220. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of a pending report on the circumstances surrounding an incident on the LÉ Cliona in May 1962; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10510/16]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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In light of a number of representations and parliamentary questions received in relation to the incident on board the LÉ Cliona on 29 May 1962, my predecessor, Minister Coveney requested that the Chief of Staff have the circumstances surrounding the incident reviewed. A Board was duly convened by the Deputy Chief of Staff (Support) on 13 October 2015.

The Board’s report recommended that Lieutenant O'Mahony, Able Stoker Mynes and two others, Chief E.R.A. Egan and Chief Stoker O’Callaghan, be presented with a letter/scroll of Commendation (posthumously in the case of Chief Stoker O’Callaghan) for their brave and decisive actions in bringing the fire on board the LÉ Cliona under control. The report also recommended that the ship’s company should be publically acknowledged particularly for the team effort made in ensuring the safe return of the ship to port, once the fire had been brought under control.

Following consideration of the report, Minister Coveney accepted the report’s recommendations and, to this end, it is intended to hold a ceremony in Haulbowline Naval Base at which the scrolls of commendation will be presented and a plaque will be unveiled in acknowledgment of the team effort of the ship’s company in relation to the incident.