Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)

I take it from what the Minister has said that the plan is to scrap the proposal for the Dublin marine rescue centre and that services will just be provided from Valentia and Malin Head. It seems an extraordinary decision that there will be no service on the east coast where the bulk of activity on our seas takes place. The Minister had the option of going ahead with the Dublin centre as proposed or he could have moved the service to Drogheda. Is the Minister saying there will be no marine rescue service operating along the full length of the east coast?

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