Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is agreed.

Petition No. P00012/23, regarding justice and safety, is from Mr. C.J. Gaffney. The petitioner stated:

We are calling on the Government to compensate us out of the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) which was offered at our meeting in Brussels and confirmed by the documents and radio interview contained in the links below by Irish MEP´s and senior EU officials, considering the unique and unprecedented circumstances of the case. We must have rights in this day and age. We are also asking for an official and impartial investigation in all aspects of the case on how such a dangerous vessel was certified as passing all stability criteria and continuously issued with valid sailing certification. This vessel was also accepted onto the Irish Register and issued with an Irish Fishing License, and as such, what was the role of the Irish Marine Survey Office in the handling this case.

The committee recommends that the correspondence from the petitioner be forwarded to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, that the correspondence from the Department of Transport be forwarded to the petitioner and that the committee refer the petition to the European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries to review this issue at a European level.