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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: If something happened in the mid-west, Mr. Mullen is talking about having a spare in Dublin. This is about the catastrophic failure of the equipment in Valentia station and Mr. Mullen is talking about having spares on hand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: Mr. Mullen knows that at the time the Valentia station covered an area that the Dublin centre could not cover. If the Valentia station suffered a catastrophic failure, the possibility of which was stated in the 2008 Fearon report, having a spare would not be much good if a machine broke down.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: A failure means the entire communication equipment breaks down and no spare can fix that, according to Motorola. Once the equipment breaks down and does not function, it is a catastrophic failure and Dublin in mid-rescue would not make a difference. Having a spare would make no difference either.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: Unless the Department upgraded all stations - that is what I said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: It did not change.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: Was the equipment in the Malin and Valentia stations still subject to catastrophic failure? I am asking Mr. Mullen a question. Was that the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: What does a catastrophic failure sound like to Mr. Mullen? Does it mean that the entire equipment breaks down and is not repairable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: Thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: Would spares make any difference in that situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: Do spares make any difference in the event of a catastrophic failure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: No. Mr. Mullen has admitted that a catastrophic failure means spares make no difference. Am I right in that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: Which part of catastrophic failure does Mr. Mullen not understand? He admitted that catastrophic failure means that spares make no difference and he is attempting to say that if they had spares, it would have solved the problem. He had allowed Malin and Valentia for the last four years to have equipment that is subject to catastrophic failure and he is trying to pretend here that having a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: If one of them suffered catastrophic failure, will Mr. Mullen admit that it could not be brought up and repaired with spares? Does he understand that? Motorola issued a death certificate in respect of that equipment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: Pardon?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: It has not changed. If Motorola said this equipment was liable to catastrophic failure at any moment and it issued a death certificate in respect of it to Mr. Mullen's Department, is Mr. Mullen telling me that having a few spares in a box in Dublin or in Valentia would make any difference?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: Chairman, I am asking the assistant secretary of the Department if the equipment-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: I do not believe the assistant secretary is doing so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: It seems they do not understand the meaning of catastrophic failure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: The assistant secretary is telling me that if the Department had spares it could fix equipment what was subject to catastrophic failure. Is that what he is trying to sell to this committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: Could a catastrophic failure of the equipment in Valentia occur, the possibility of which was stated in a report to the Minister for Transport in 2007, and which was the reason Malin and Valentia stations were told there was a need to shut them down? The Department told us four years ago that the equipment in the stations in Malin, Valentia and Dublin was subject to catastrophic failure at...