Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

They are being mothballed. Once they are delivered to Ireland a plan will be developed to achieve initial operating capability for two inshore patrol vessels coming from New Zealand. I have to put it to the Tánaiste that waiting until we are looking at another two ships being mothballed and unable to put staff on them is not a coherent plan. It is not any form of a plan. The staffing arrangements for existing vessels, and any new one, need to be something on which the Department and the Tánaiste are focused on now.

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