Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Irish Coast Guard: Discussion

Mr. John O'Mahony:

At least eight of the Doolin people are gone. I was dismissed in 2021. Mr. Farr is still suspended. Probably about a third of the people we still represent would have been out of the Coast Guard for quite a few years because of issues such as dismissal, one third would be current serving members and the other third would be in transition. I would consider Mr. Lucas and others to be in transition because we think they were unfairly dismissed. Mr. Farr is unfairly dismissed. I would consider myself to be unfairly dismissed. We would hope that, going back to what the Chair said earlier, in any future role where we are working with the CUAG, we consider that these things are still current and hope it would too. The Coast Guard might say they are historic and we are gone. However, we consider that these are still-----

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