Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications
Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion
1:40 pm
Mr. Maurice Mullen:
I think so. Mr. Reynolds painted an important part of the picture, which is that the entire service has developed over the past 20 years by following best practice as closely as possible. We believe best practice is best served by co-location of senior management resources with the centre. We are a relatively small country and our service is not huge. Key staff need to be available in the event of a major incident. We have moved to a position where we can best respond to an incident. The argument has been made that Dublin should be removed from the equation but I suggest the opposite applies because co-locating management and the centre provides a robustness that did not exist 20 years ago.
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