Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 May 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Mountain Rescue Services: Mountain Rescue Ireland

10:20 am

Mr. Gerry Christie:

The establishment of Abbeyfeale rescue service was mentioned. Members of Kerry Mountain Rescue Team co-operated and provided it with search expertise. Generally there is a demarcation in that it looks after people who disappear on farmland. It is correct to state that sometimes these people actually mean to disappear. Sadly, it is a frequent occurrence in Kerry that people choose quite rough, inaccessible areas to commit suicide, and the Garda tasks the mountain rescue team to find them. The demarcation is between farmland and much rougher, inaccessible land.

Beyond that we would not have a whole lot of ongoing interaction with them.

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