Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will go over this again. I would like Mr. Reynolds to reply to the issue of Spanish language availability. The draft report indicated that language miscommunication is a notable risk in emergency response and that all communication should be in English. The management response argued, however, that this was a legacy of when fishing reports were being logged in the Spanish fleet through Valentia radio station and criticised the report for either failing to note that the traffic has ceased or ignoring that fact and failing to analyse the impact. However, I understand that 22 medivacs or rescues were carried out. A recent RTE documentary showed Valentia’s involvement in co-ordinating a rescue through Spanish. The RAF has similar capabilities. How is it that senior management can claim Fisher Associates are out of date regarding Spanish rescues when RTE can show one being co-ordinated through Spanish? I ask Mr. Reynolds what is actually happening.