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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is fine. The specific question here is on the dilution of the duties that volunteers can carry out and the line of command from the centralised base in Dublin. I ask Mr. Clonan to deal with the dilution of duties.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I ask Mr. Clonan to deal only with the dilution issue. It is a very pertinent issue for the volunteers. Why has there been a dilution of duties?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will Mr. Clonan deal with that issue, please?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Ferns needs to conclude as many members wish to contribute. We may return to this issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: We are at the start of a long session. We will take everything on board and consider it as a committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Clonan, the reception is dreadful. Is there anything we can do to improve your reception? Your background is causing havoc with the picture. Whatever background you have is reflecting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Clonan, you are on mute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: No. We will suspend for a number of minutes to try to correct the quality.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Clonan and Mr. Ferns for making the effort to join us to discuss this very serious topic. They have done their bit for the green environment by cycling at record speed. I will allow some time and latitude to Senator Dooley to recap on the questions raised and we can re-engage then.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Be careful not to say. You have an independent mediator appointed. Just be careful.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Why is the Irish Coast Guard in the position it is today? From Mr. Clonan's side, as management, why has it got to this point?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Doolin and maybe other issues. Why has it got to this point, generally, that we have the volunteers' association getting on to us with issues? Why has it got to that point?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I need Mr. Clonan to be careful. He has issues under way in terms of Mr. Mulvey being appointed. I am conscious of all the sensitivities.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I have ten members seeking to contribute and we have to be out of here in an hour and a half. I ask members to be conscious of that. We lost time but it was important that Mr. Clonan and Mr. Ferns were present because the Internet connection was so poor.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Who determines the make-up of the advisory group?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Have you given consideration to setting up a similar type of dispute resolution committee?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Just to go through it, if you have a volunteer at the moment with a genuine grievance, what is the process? What appears to have happened is there appears to be a lack of belief in the system at present. What is the current system? To whom would such people go?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Where would it go from there?