Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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It appears that the number of vessel lifts at Howth shipyard was 43 in 2012, 39 in 2013 and 48 in 2014. On average, the return in 2014 from each would have been about €1,700. This is described as an operational shipyard in which full marine repair facilities are provided. If that is the average return from the 48 ships or boats that visited the yard in 2014, it seems that it did not do much more than lift up the boats. There is no indication that substantial repairs were carried out, as the entire return for the 48 boats was €84,000. It does not seem as though that yard is undertaking major repairs. May the committee obtain a breakdown of the size of the boats involved and the work that was done on these boats to determine if it was operating to full capacity because it certainly does not look like it was?