Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 29 January 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion

Photo of Ruairi Ó MurchúRuairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am speaking from the Leinster House precinct. I thank Mr. Kingston for the material he has provided and for his input today. I thank Mr. Ciaran McCarthy for attending also.

In fairness, Mr. Kingston has said already that a review has occurred, that independence of the investigative unit is required, as per best practice, and that the investigative unit needs to be resourced. Now is the time to deal with this in legislation and to bed it down. Is there anything beyond this that Mr. Kingston wants to add? I now have in my head everything that is necessary. Obviously, Mr. Kingston's information has been quite detailed, but are there any questions we need to put to the Minister for Transport who will be at the next session?

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