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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: What is the headline issue? I do not ask for the detail. What section of the Fisher Associates report is the Department asking them to go back over?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: Have Fisher Associates asked the same questions about the Dublin centre as they have about Malin Head and Valentia Island?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: This is not a laughing matter and if Mr. Mullen was living on Valentia Island, he would not think it is a laughing matter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: Does Mr. Reynolds want to give them any credit for that fact? What would happen if people operating out of Dublin were able to speak Spanish? They would get a big pat on the back for it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: It would be great to leave here with a straight answer. How long will it take to prepare a report and clear recommendations for the Minister? Can we arrange another meeting to discuss that report before it is finalised?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: There is one point I forgot to make. The response from the Coast Guard management is withering in its ferocity. Its 19 pages contain comments such as "idle gossip", "lazy reasoning" and "hearsay". Fisher Associates claims that the IRCG lacks a strategic sense of direction and purpose, which is insulting to all the full-time staff and volunteers involved in the service. To state it lacks...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: All we need is someone to answer the questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: In fact, Mr. Mullen said at the beginning of this discussion that a particular document or documents were not to be seen. He will see that when he reads the transcript of proceedings. He said it was not to be seen.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: Mr. Mullen has the ability of forgetting what he said.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: This is like an episode of "Yes, Minister" gone wrong. I really mean that. It is a disgrace.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: That is not correct. Mr. Mullen cannot come in here and say something that is not true.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: Mr. Mullen is entirely incorrect.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister decided and has indicated a preference.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: It is a shame and scandal that the issue is on the agenda again. What happened in the past was that the permanent government, as we shall call it, tried this and failed. It went through every avenue it possibly could in the past to achieve what it wanted, namely, to centralise everything in Dublin and it failed. It is coming at it again in a different way. If the value for money review...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: No, the Senator is on the right stick.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: Is Mr. Reynolds trying to trivialise the input Valentia had at that time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: Is it fair to say Valentia played a vital role in the operation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: We hope Mr. Reynolds will rescue Valentia now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: What of major search and rescues?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: We cannot get answers to questions here.