Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 November 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Irish Coast Guard: Discussion

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

No, I appreciate that. We will try to facilitate the new staff as much as we can because it is necessary so that the Coast Guard can be fit for purpose. We spoke about volunteers and the term used was "dilution of service". There was a question of whether that related to a lack of training, insurance or whatever. With the additional staff mean that some of those issues will be dealt with? I was worried when I heard that volunteer staff cannot do specific safety work. Who does?

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