Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have given the details on what is now going to happen with the LÉ Róisín and the LÉ Niamh. Two inshore patrol vessels have been purchased to replace the LÉ Orlaand the LÉ Ciara. Again, there are issues around trying to expand the catchment area in terms of the recruitment pool into the Naval Service. There are some thoughts on that which we discussed yesterday regarding recruiting more from different parts of the country where there would not have been a tradition of such recruitment heretofore.

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