Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There are multiple issues that are consequential on this decision. I am not saying we cannot deal with these; I am just saying there is a sole focus today on the points that have been made by 18 boat owners who came in and made a presentation to the committee primarily to do with safety. There is nothing stopping somebody from replacing a wooden boat with a steel boat of roughly similar dimensions.