Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have just one more question on the Lusitania. I will address it to Mr. Ó Floinn and we will excuse Ms Heaney and thank her for coming before the committee. The Lusitaniais one of the most important sites off the coast of Ireland. It is a national gravesite and a serious archaeological and historical site in its own right. Is it the case that there have been quite strict criteria for dives and supervision of dives from the Department in partnership with the National Museum of Ireland?

I have taken a look at some of the evidence concerning what has happened in recent times. We know that there seemed to be a change in those criteria and that supervision, and this seems to have happened unilaterally within the Department. There was a mishap in the dive that occurred as a result of this in that the key telegraph machine it went down to recover was lost. It fell from a retrieval process so, if found, it is likely to be fairly damaged. The National Museum of Ireland has a role in this process. Does Mr. Ó Floinn think it is a good idea that the criteria and the supervision changed?