Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 October 2024

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Committee Stage

1:30 pm

Photo of James LawlessJames Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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I move amendment No. 11:

In page 39, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “(d) in section 36, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):
“(1) The Minister may make rules prescribing requirements for—
(a) what signals shall be used by ships as signals of distress and the circumstances in which, and the purposes for which, any such signal is to be used and the circumstances in which it is to be revoked,

(b) the survey of vessels for compliance with rules made under this section, including the extent, manner and intervals of such surveys, and

(c) the inspection of vessels for compliance with rules made under this section.”.”.