Mr. Michael Kingston:

Yes, we need to give the board direction and sit down with the chairperson and help her. She has innocently found herself in the middle of these difficulties. I am sure they are doing the best they can in the circumstances in which they find themselves. They are decent people trying to do their best in the circumstances. However, the circumstances they find themselves in are not good enough. We need to get a case of money to get someone to work alongside the board. Then, on each occasion there is an incident we should give that person the ability to bring some assistance in, depending on the type of incident. It is not the most difficult plan to come up with and it would deal with the situation while we amend the legislation.

I reiterate that the amendments to this legislation are straightforward. We should have an independent principal investigator with assistance in an independent unit. These amendments are not difficult. There should be proper resourcing, not only for the board but also for the Marine Survey Office and the safety side of the board. We are spending €50 million on the Coast Guard and €4 million-----