Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On the bigger point with regard to previous reports that were compiled under the watch of the then Marine Casualty Investigation Board, which was wrongly constituted, we are rectifying the position by means of the proposed legislation. There are still question marks over some of the reports, and families have concerns. I am asking the Minister and the officials whether they intend to write to those families to say that there is now a better set-up and that we are not in contravention of European Court of Justice rulings.

Will he write to them to say we are doing this to improve our system, because it is flawed, and that we are following the best international practice now? There are questions marks over some of those files that were investigated because we did not have the proper structure in place. What does the Minister and his officials plan to do about the families and about files that were completed during that space of time when the MCIB was not properly constituted?