Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 November 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Irish Coast Guard: Discussion

Ms Deirdre O'Keeffe:

I will pass to Mr. Clonan in a moment to give some details on it. As a consequence of that report, a number of changes were made. We have focused in recent years on applying more staff resources and more training, and in adjusting our procedures to ensure we perform to the best of our ability. In case I gave the impression, this is not a future tense issue. We have been doing this for some time. These procedures, training and new systems are already in place. All procurements are at present going through all these.

When I refer to the future, I say that this should continue into the future. If further strengthening needs to be done in the future, we will do it. There are a number of legacy issues that we are dealing with and will continue to deal with. These new procedures, structures, training and staffing have been in place for some time. I will pass to Mr. Clonan in case he has anything to add.

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