Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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707. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason members of the fire service did not receive 1916 Commemorative medals unlike their colleagues in the Defence Forces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19676/17]

John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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734. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if guidelines were issued last year from her Department to local authorities regarding the issuing of 1916 commemorative medals to members of the fire and rescue service. [19964/17]

John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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735. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the responsibility her department had in relation to drafting the guidelines for the issuing of 1916 commemorative medals in 2016 to members of the emergency services such as An Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces and the national ambulance service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19965/17]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 707, 734 and 735 together.

The presentation of medals for participation in the 1916 commemorations was a matter for the services concerned and/or their sponsoring Departments. My Department has no role in relation to An Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces, or the local authority fire and rescue services and no guidelines were issued by my Department in regard to the presentation of commemorative medals.