Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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170. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a 1916 centenary medal will be awarded to a person (details supplied) who served for 45 years in the Reserve Defence Force until they retired in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27748/20]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Programme for Government provided for the award of a commemorative medal to all Defence Forces personnel, Permanent and Reserve, who were recorded as being in service in the course of 2016. This was a special acknowledgement from the Government to the members of Óglaigh na hÉireann, both Permanent and Reserve, who served during the centenary year of 2016.

The 1916 Centenary Commemoration Medal was awarded as a commemorative medal, personal to an individual’s service in the Defence Forces in the course of 2016.

There are no plans to award the 1916 Centenary Commemoration Medal to former members of the Defence Forces.