Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Lusitania Museum and Related Matters: Discussion
Mr. Con Hayes:
I am aware that Mr. Bemis has applied for a licence specifically in respect of the second explosion on the Lusitania, which concerns him deeply. A whole relay of more than 30 professional divers has dived on the Lusitania this August and September. These divers are surveying the wreck from stem to stern, identifying potential artefacts and bringing up documentary evidence, as required by the UAU. They have done all of the donkey work in terms of advance preparation. I understand that Mr. Bemis will be applying for a licence and that it will be forthcoming. I have no reason to believe it will not be. Maybe words could be spoken in the right ears to help it along the way. The application is in process already, but we have no direct involvement in that. We do not have to do anything. It is happening in parallel with what we are doing.
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