Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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We are under tight time constraints. I want to know why the climbing training facility at Doolin Coast Guard station and the use of the bolting system in the Burren are no longer available. Volunteers can no longer descend cliffs for a long rope rescue, scale a cliff while tethered to a jeep or launch the Kilkee lifeboat beyond the bay area. That amounts to a dilution of the duties. What happens at the moment if someone stumbles on the footpath at Kilkee cliff is that any good Samaritan can help. However, if someone has the misfortune to tumble over the edge of the cliff, nobody in the county, whether the Coast Guard or anyone else, has the competence to carry out a rescue because of the dilution of duties.