Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications
Mountain Rescue Services: Mountain Rescue Ireland
10:30 am
Mr. Alan Carr:
I will just develop the question for Deputy O'Donovan. In terms of who were are and what do, we respond to emergencies. We regularly get requests from the Garda for what would be considered low-land searching. Depending on the needs, it could be for difficult terrain, night searching or search management. Therefore, in a multi-agency approach, there is interaction at an emergency level. Beyond that, in terms of organisational interaction, it is important to point out that we are volunteers. If there is a casualty - often, it is a tourist - we commit to train and rescue them. We also commit to doing as much fund-raising as possible to maintain that service. Beyond the emergency response, it becomes hard for volunteers to fill those gaps.
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