Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Kingston has said that the term "ships" is currently specified and he is of the belief it should be more broad and include the word "vessels". I agree with him on that because, in 2019, Amy Mulcahy, a young girl from Limerick, was trapped under a rowing boat for some time and suffered substantial brain damage as a result. There are many more examples of smaller vessels such as kayaks etc. that need to be embodied in this Bill.

Mr. Kingston was able to tell us previously that the Marine Casualty Investigation Board had a very low budget in 2019 which paled in comparison with the budget spent on air crash investigations which was €750,000, and in that same year, €350,000 spent on rail accident investigations. I do not know if there were any rail accidents that year but certainly the budget paled in comparison. Does Mr. Kingston have any updated figures on how much is being spent in the State at this time in marine casualty investigation?