John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It raises serious questions of a potentially fraudulent system where the proper safeguards are not being followed or adhered to. That needs further investigation, if it has not been investigated, by the police force in the relevant authority.

Mr. Gaffney mentioned a couple of times that he felt at risk, that the Mary Kate was going to capsize. He mentioned some of the detail. Perhaps Mr. Gaffney will paint a picture around that. Given his experience, with his family's years of seafaring experience, and with his dad's 60 year's experience in the RNLI, this is not something Mr. Gaffney took up on a whim. There are years of experience on seven ships. It is a huge volume of experience. Given those scenarios where Mr. Gaffney felt that risk, does this situation stand out from his previous experiences on all the other ships and boats he worked on?