Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 October 2014

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013: Committee Stage

2:30 pm

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Much of what the Deputy is referring to should be happening through our legal and courts system in the first place. Where, for example, a person has a particular concern about a safety matter and the ship in question is registered under the Irish flag, the body of law of the State will apply. If there is any breach of that law, it will become a matter of enforcement that must ultimately be adjudicated upon in the courts system. To clarify, is it the Deputy's concern that this is not happening?

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