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

I thank Ms Hynes and Mr. Ó Conghaile for appearing before the committee. I add my voice to what has been said. Obviously, Ms Hynes's CV speaks for itself regarding her ability to do the job, which to a degree is to see the end of an outfit and hopefully the successful creation of two new outfits. Significant work needs to be done on safety given the conversation we have had earlier.

I seek clarity on a technical issue. The visual flight rules, VFR, charts are provided and they have all the necessary details. I do not want to get into the details of legislation. I accept, as the Chairman said earlier, that we can write to the Minister if we identify weaknesses or question marks. That information is then basically imported into an air navigation system and then it is down to the system as to how it deals with that information and whether it garners all the information. All the necessary information regarding somewhere like Black Rock or anywhere else is contained, including the information on proposed minimum flight altitude. I accept that search and rescue is different and allowances need to be made so that we do not make it mandatory. Am I right on that? While I do not want to apportion blame, are we to a degree talking about a systems failure where that information was not garnered within a system?