Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)

No lifeboats or Coast Guard rescue teams are being moved as a result of this process. A significant element of local knowledge comes from the local Coast Guard units and lifeboat crews strategically positioned all around the coast. Their local knowledge of tides, currents, bays and local historical incident locations is invaluable to the Coast Guard watch officers at the centres. Neither do the recommendations involve any diminution in radio coverage or the extent of radio receiving and transmitting equipment. No matter what decision is taken, all existing sites, including those at Malin and Valentia, will be retained as radio sites.

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