Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for his comments and invitation to visit Malin Head over the summer which provided a useful opportunity for me to see the centre in operation. As I said, significant changes in the Coast Guard in terms of efficiencies, information technology and structures will be required. There will also be a need to free up a particular number of staff from the Coast Guard and Marine Survey Office to do more in the space of training and, in particular, pollution control. The action plan should be completed in the next couple of weeks. I see no reason to defer announcing that we will continue to operate the three centre model under the new regime. That will continue to be the case for the foreseeable future.

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