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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?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Where does it go to then?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is the sector manager a full-time employee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Okay, so that is the first point at which it gets to a full-time employee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Okay. I will hand back to Senator Buttimer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: As I know Mr. Ferns was looking for it, we need to see the terms of reference of the Coast Guard's advisory group. Is there any way we can get that? Can he locate that before the end of the meeting? Does he have it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Once you have accessed it, let us know. I assume the terms of reference are not lengthy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is the kernel of it. We need to get down to that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is not fit for purpose at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I know that, but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: There are 900 volunteers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Do the structures within the Irish Coast Guard to manage that level of volunteers meet the corporate governance requirements they should meet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: The system at the moment, however, is not where Mr. Clonan would like it to be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: For how many staff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Are they going to be full-time staff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: How many staff were in that section?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: How many staff are there?