Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion

3:30 pm

Mr. Maurice Mullen:

That is a matter for the Chair and the committee. The Minister has read the reports in detail and there are issues he has flagged. The committee should be under no doubt that we did not look for additional work or for different issues to be teased out. There are issues in the reports with which we are not happy and we do not think some of the conclusions stand up. That is not to say Fisher Associates are at fault either. There is no perfect issue in this. Fisher Associates came to their conclusions. In some of them, while there may be merit, we do not think the logic stands up. Accordingly, we have to put on the table a suite of suggestions as to how, from a policy perspective, the Minister may examine the issues. There will be much dialogue at this stage. The Department will be available to the committee to come back as part of this process. There are many policy issues here on which, ultimately, the Minister will have to make a decision.

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