Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 June 2015
351. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Defence if a 50th anniversary medal for a combatant of the War of Independence (details supplied) will be awarded posthumously to the person's family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26354/15]
View answerCommemorative medals were issued to Veterans on the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1966 (1916 Survivors’ Medal) and the 50th anniversary of the Truce in 1971 (Truce (1921) Commemoration Medal). These were only issued to qualifying Veterans who were alive when the relevant commemorative medal was issued. I have asked my officials to retrieve the relevant Departmental files from the Military Archives in order to examine the case of the individual in question and to write to the Deputy regarding the matter.
