Billy Timmins
Ceist:27 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Defence the plans, if any, he has to mark the millennium with the issuing of a special medal to all members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26325/99]
Vol. 512 No. 4
27 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Defence the plans, if any, he has to mark the millennium with the issuing of a special medal to all members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26325/99]
No formal proposal has been made by the military authorities in relation to the issue of a medal to mark the millennium. I understand, however, that they have informally indicated a desire that such a medal should be considered in the context of a similar proposal from An Garda Síochána.