Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

Earlier, the Taoiseach announced that the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Noel Dempsey, had refused an application to re-flag vessels to another member state of the European Union. Previously the Taoiseach informed the House that the Government was reviewing the legislation to determine whether it was possible to introduce legislation which would require a link between vessels or companies and the country of the flag under which they fly. Has progress been made in this examination? Is it intended to introduce such legislation?

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