Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 March 2013
399. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Defence if deceased members of the Army Reserve are entitled to any form of military honours at their funeral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13998/13]
View answerThe relevant Defence Force Regulation [A10 (New Series) – Ceremonial and Funerals – Part III, Paragraph 5 (c) and (d)] provides that a Military funeral may be accorded to a member of the Reserve Defence Force in the following circumstances: “5. On such occasions as the exigencies of the service allow, and where the relatives so desire, a military funeral may be accorded to –
c) a deceased officer, non-commissioned officer or private of the Reserve Defence Force who, at the time of death, was on service in aid to the civil power or was undergoing annual training or other full-time military training or instruction or on permanent service;
d) a deceased ex-member of the Permanent Defence Force or of the Reserve Defence Force who, at the time of death, was being treated as a free patient in a military hospital (otherwise than by direction of the Army Pensions Board);”
